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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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The rogue nin hoped down from his spot, bringing the sword with him, approaching the cyclops "so, let's test that sword of yours against Cutter. A sword of the Mists against a sword of Leaf."

Kakashi didn't answer, getting into position with White Fang at the ready. White chakra flowed through him, heightening his senses and the sharingan burned, slowing everything down, allowing him to see the enemies movements in slow motion and predict them.
At first they just tested each other, their speed, strength and defenses as well as reaction time, trading blows and avoiding the others, something telling Kakashi to hold back, to seem to equal the other, but hold his true strength and skill back until later, that his chance would come.
Then the rogue started seriously on him, using his full strength in his blows, the force of which pushed Kakashi back a few inches each time, yet the sword never once bent or seemed to have a problem with the force. Neither did Kakashi for that matter, he wasn't even sweating or straining yet where the sharingan seemed to constantly weaken him previously. Was it possible his newly fully awoken chakra was either feeding the sharingan more than it needed to sustain it, or it had somehow blocked the worse of it's effects?
Any other thought was derailed as the man threw his huge sword, using the distraction of Kakashi back flipping out of the way to go through hand signs with a call of "ninja art-Hidden Mist jutsu."
Immediately the entire area was blanketed in a thick and heavy fog. Kakashi heard an derogatory snort behind him and an clap-like sound and a wave of oppressive heat went past him, so strong it not on evaporated the heavy fog but the three water clones hiding inside.
Zabuza looked startled at not just the ease of that 'jutsu' without hand signs but its range over the small area. Kakashi however exclaimed the boys name in frustration. "We obey our sensei and agreed to guard the old man" Naruto said to his sensei "but we also told you we'd help you fight, just not all of it."
Kakashi COULD have ordered the boys not to interfere, but he knew due to their training and the way they had grew up together that was against their instincts and ways, they would just end up defying him anyway to help and that wouldn't impress their client and if the enemy thought that he couldn't even control his own students....
The rogue nin looked at Naruto "that was an...interesting ability, kid, where did you learn a signless jutsu? Or was it perhaps an kekkai genkai?"
"Nope" Naruto grinned "my father is the last of his line and only the two of us are able to use them. It's not an Kekkai genkai, rather an series of abilities only our set blood can use."
"And who is this father of yours only you and he are capable of such?"
Naruto grinned widely "oh I'm sure you've heard of him. He's an legend with anyone stupid to screw with Hidden Leaf or our allies. He's been given an nickname in recent years."
"The Blood Shadow" the rogue nin breathed in awe and Kakashi saw Naruto's ears twitch towards the area of the rogues' allie. Obviously the other had heard of it too.
"The Blood Shadow has only appeared in the last few years, how could an ninja that powerful be living in Hidden Leaf, his son not only as powerful but holder of the Nine Tailed and we've only just heard of him? I think if all the other nations had heard of a man able to easily assassinate them in their sleep without a single trace or clue, they would either be calling war against Hidden Leaf or no one would have messed with them in the last one."
Naruto snorted "father wasn't exactly living in Kohona all his life you know. He once was an powerful Kage from an far away land. Father had to fight his way through his own kind and clan to get to the position and held it long before I even came into the picture. Do you realize how powerful that makes him? Compared to him, NO ONE can even come close."
"And what could possibly be in Hidden Leaf that makes him stay and work for them?"
"Me" Naruto said simply.
The rogue nin blinked at him but didn't seem to question it, only suddenly springing back into action against Kakashi.
They traded a few more blows with their weapons, then as if by an unspoken cue both sheathed their swords and while the enemy landed ontop of a lake-standing on the very surface as if it was solid ground-Kakashi landed a few feet from him.
He did the same hand signs as before but this time when the fog sprang up, the winged and tailed boy just crossed his arms over his chest and didn't move. When his teammates looked at him, Naruto just said "what? Sensei wants to do it himself, to show us how he fights. Let's let him show off. If I think he's in trouble I'll interfere again. We ARE supposed to be protecting Tazuma-san" he said out loud. Then he added in their minds "the enemies allie is still watching this. If Kakashi-sensei wins he'll likely take advantage and try something, either to us or Kakashi-sempei himself. He needs us to watch the other and watch his back for him."
The other two understood this and nodded firmly, senses on alert as they stood around the civilian.
"Sensei" Sakura's voice trembled as she spoke, being the less battle-experienced of them "Who is he?"
"Zabuza Momochi, the ex-leader of the Hidden Mist Assassination Unit. He's a master of the silent killing technique. As the name suggests, it happens in an instant, without sound or warning of any kind. It's so fast you pass from this life without even realizing what has happened. The Sharingan cannot fully neutralize it. So DON'T LOWER YOUR GUARD." then with a mix of sarcasm and humor "well if we fail we only loose our lives."
"How can you say that!" Sakura exclaimed angrily only for Naruto to hiss her name and subdue her.
As the mist thickened, blocking their view of Kakashi (even though Naruto 's eyes seemed to still track him) a voice echoed in the air around him "eight points. Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, supleveine artery, kidneys, heart, now, which will be my kill point?"
Kakashi's reaction to this was to immediately flair his chakra and blow the mist away from him.
Of course this only started to freak Sasuke out, stuck between two great chakra's and highly skilled ninja's.
"Sasuke!" Naruto hissed mentally and physically to his 'brother' who blinked out of his feared state. Naruto was followed by Kakashi's words "Sasuke calm down. I'll protect you with my life, ALL OF YOU. I will not allow my comrades to die." His head turned and he eye-smiled at him "trust me."
This calmed both the Uchiha and pale red head as nothing else did and Naruto smiled back.
"I wouldn't be so sure" said the voice in the mist around them. Suddenly the three kids moved, Sakura flipping away, Sasuke grabbed the old man and jumped, Naruto Spectral Jumps away for a split second, coming back with Soul Reaver drawn and up to block a blow of the huge sword. He followed by a slash, beheading the clone. Next he called "sensei behind you!"
Seconds after his own clone being destroyed, Zabuza witnessed an copy of his own technique of the copy-nins also dissolving.
Next he felt the sharp edge of the sword to his jugular vein. "Don't move" the ninja hissed from behind him "now it's over. You're finished."
Zubuza started to laugh evilly "Finished! Don't you get it? I'll NEVER be defeated by an mere copy-cat like you. You are full of surprises though, you had already copied my water clone jutsu when you made your little speech. Very skillfully executed though. You made your clone say those words to draw my attention while you hid in the mist, waiting for me to make my move, nice try." The nin suddenly vanished and another shape appeared behind the silver haired man "but I'm not that easy to fool!" and moved.
In one move he embedded the huge weapon into the ground and using the pommel as a pivot and to support his weight, spun around and kicked 'kakashi' hard sending him flying away, followed by retaking the sword and after starting for the man again suddenly stopped.
"Why did he...?" Sakura started, only for Naruto to snort, "look at the ground." Only for Sakura to say "oh."
The enemy ninja snorted in dirrusion himself and jumped into an nearby lake, disappearing.
Suddenly Kakashi popped up, looking at the water with wide eyes before being caught by Zabuza in something called a 'water prison jutsu' and started to gloat.
"Humph" Naruto crossed his arms over his chest as the ninja created another clone that turned towards them "looks like we're getting out hands dirty, Sasuke."
Hands gripping his sword Sasuke grunted "looks like you're right."
"You think wearing a headband makes you a ninja" Zabuza laughed darkly "when you've hovered between life and death so many times it doesn't faze you, then you MAY be called a ninja. When you've become so deadly your profile is entered into my bingo book, then you MAY have earned the title ninja. But to call upstarts like you ninja is a....." he stopped.
Naruto was laughing, not just chuckling or sniggering but full helpless laughter that bent him over at the waist, but the laughter was dark-full of anguish, anger and pain.
Zabuza had to admit ever since encountering this group nothing had gone as he thought it was and it had to do with this child. He was way more than he seemed, he wasn't some child stuck in a headband and called ninja by a village in his opinion too soft in training their soldiers, no, he was a real threat, with a father THAT powerful he was probably trained by him as well, perhaps in the same methods or similar to his own village. That could make him a real threat as the other kid and his female teammate didn't seem to be.
The boy's laughter suddenly cut off and the eyes that looked into his were so dark, so tortured the clone couldn't help the wave of fear through him as he took a step back.
Zabuza saw it, the eyes of someone who was no longer innocent, someone who had seen things and done things no one should have to. The eyes of someone so far beyond death it no longer applied to them, the eyes of a being who had died so many times that it no longer touched him.
The eyes of a being with no reservation or hesitation to kill him, to cut through his clones with that sword off his and plunge it straight through his heart-and grin while doing so.
At least with Kakashi he had a fighting chance. Not only would the silver-haired ninja give him a fair fight, but wouldn't be the type to stab him in the back, no, he'd try to capture him first. The look in these white and red eyes told him the boy wouldn't hesitate to do so the minute he had a chance.
At that moment Zabuza totally not only believed the stories of the Blood Shadow's power and ruthlessness, but this boy was his son, biological or not.
His ninja instincts screamed at him to let Kakashi go, that if he did the boy would back off again and let him fight the copy ninja, that he absolutely MUST NOT fight this boy if he wanted to live another day, that even if Haku jumped in to aid him and fight, he would tear through the other boy easier than he would him.
He obviously had no trouble handling anything water or ice orientated if that wave of oppressive heat before was any indication, especially when he had produced it without signs or effort. He didn't even seem ruffled or weaker, how many more times could he do it without problem?
Zabuza was about to act when the decision was taken from him as the water clone dissolved at an sword thrust to the heart. The boy then disappeared in thin air and Zubuza had to hide his panic at this technique, he could neither sense nor see the boy in any way, somehow he could teleport or something similar, not disappear via an illusion, not move so fast he APPEARED to disappear, but actually do it.
He could be anywhere, appear anywhere, he could probably behead him before he had even seen him move.
As if to prove him right, a voice whispered in his left ear "you want to talk about death, let's talk about death" but when he looked there was nothing there, just a coldness so bone-deep it was as if Haku was the midday sun in summer.
"Try dying so many times death doesn't want you anymore" this was in his right ear and again nothing but the cold of the grave.
"Try being neither alive or dead" this in his left again, followed by the right "living between both worlds, neither one or the other, existing in neither at one time but a member of both."
"The realm of the dead and living are my playground, I can be where I wish, when I wish and do anything I wish in either" he snorted "who's gonna follow me, you?"
From his spot in the Water Prison Kakashi didn't move a single inch. He KNEW what Naruto was doing and wanted the enemy ninja to place his full concentration on the boy. By doing what he was he was not only distracting the enemy from concentrating on maintaining the prison but keeping him from noticing the other male teammate creeping up on him, flame sword drawn.
He could see the very slight tell-tale shimmer of Naruto's Spectral Jump now he had learnt to look for it and knew where the boy was each time.
He could feel the Water Prison around him weakening, he had only to wait his opportunity....
It suddenly came when both boy's made their moves, Sasuke slashing out at the man's arm inside the prison while Naruto suddenly appeared behind the man, Soul Reaver drawn and swinging.
Now Kakashi knew Naruto could swing or stab at the man from the midst of an Spectral Jump and still hit without being seen, he had seen it in their training sessions, so the fact the boy became corporeal during showed he was trying to seize the enemies full attention.
The enemy ninja had to decide, sacrifice his arm to either decapitation or burn damage at Sasuke's sword to maintain the Water Prison, or allow Naruto's shot at his back to follow through and risk the boy being too young to know anything about assassination techniques and getting HIM in one of those spots he himself had mentioned.
With who his father was, Zabuza had no doubt he knew exactly where to strike and wouldn't hesitate.
So he instantly dropped the Water Prison and yanked his arm back to his side, as he was grasping the sword with both hands to swing his entire body around and block the path of the winged and tailed boy's weapon, he snarled as he felt the sting of an kunai in his side from the boy's other hand, hidden away until now.
Immediately Kakashi was freed and Sasuke was back at Sakura and the civilian's side.
Naruto grinned darkly at the enemy ninja, said "all yours, Sensei" and he and his sword faded away again to reappear at the other side of the old man.
In time to catch an thin little needle of ice headed for the old man's throat and melt it instantly between his two fingers, his grin decidedly wider and more unnerving.
Zabuza frowned as he flipped away from Kakashi. He had told Haku firmly NOT to interefere unless his death was imminent or his capture and the boy had just done that. And by the way the boy had caught the ice needle and melted it then glanced in his students direction and grinned, he knew the boy not only knew but might have known all along.
Kakashi was speaking to him, his eyes nearly glowing with chakra and threat, one eye the sharingan and the other white chakra-turning an black iris grey. Zabuza knew now while the other ninja had been testing him before, NOW they were serious "your technique worked on me once, but it won't work again. So, what's it gonna be."
The two jumped apart and landed either end of the water, both flashing through the SAME hand signs, ending with identical cries of "water style, water dragon jutsu!"
Naruto watched the two dragons of water with interest and when the wave of water headed for him, Naruto using a wave of fire from Kyuubi to remove it from their way.
Only Naruto's eyes saw what was going on inside the actual dragons, the two crossed swords trying to overpower each other.
Once the dragons were gone they broke apart and again mimicked each other.
The group watched the next events, some in amazement, some amused, until the not only wound he bore was the one Naruto gave him.
On his last legs that was when two needles hit the enemy nin and the student chose to appear, masquerading as a Hunter Nin.
At first they humored the boy, pretending they didn't know otherwise, until the figure went to disappear with the body. When Naruto went to stop him and Sakura tried to stop him the figure took advantage and was gone. Naruto turned to yell at the girl "NEVER do that again! Never come between me and my enemy again!"
"But..."
"You don't get it do you! An Hunter doesn't carry a body away, they destroy a body there and there!"
The girl's mouth opened as if about to protest, but Kakashi spoke as he pulled the hitate over his eye again "he's right, Sakura and you forget, Naruto was keeping track of Zabuza's student. We just let him get away with his master."
"But he was dead, sensei, you said so yourself!"
"He appeared dead, it doesn't necessarily mean he was. There are pressure points you can use to make someone APPEAR dead" He sighed and stood "however that is over now and we haven't completed our mission yet" he turned to look at them "we still have to get the bridge builder to his bridge."
Tazuma grinned and laughed "sorry I caused all this trouble for ya, but you can rest at my house when we reach the village."
"Alright, let's get a move on" Kakashi called as he turned to walk away. The silver haired man managed barely two or three steps before he suddenly collapsed to the ground "SENSEI!" Sakura cried as they ran to his side.
Naruto's hands glowed green as he examined the man from top to bottom before breathing a sigh of relief, "he's just suffering chakra and body exhaustion. He needs to sleep and recharge" he reached into his coat as he looked at Sasuke "sit him up for me."
Sasuke knelt on his skulk brothers side and gently sat their sensei up.
Naruto produced an flask of water and a couple of pills. He popped the pills inside the bottle, resealed the lid and shook it up hard until the pills were gone then opened it again so he could touch it to the older mans mouth and slowly tip it to his lips, speaking softly and soothingly to him as he did "drink sensei, it will make you feel better."
Slowly the silver haired man's lips parted and he shallowly swallowed and the bottle was empty.
Putting the bottle away Naruto directed his brother to help place their sensei over his back. He turned to the civilian bridge builder "lead the way."
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This chapter almost killed me but here it is, enjoy. BTW-this isn't Naruto really fighting, more of a combo of Kyuubi's savagery and Raziel.
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