147. Haku to the rescue

147. Haku to the rescue

A moment after the attack on Zabuza the man fell dead to the ground, or at least that is what Haku would like everybody else to believe. Tomoka, Hinata and Nozomi knew the man was still alive. Of course Tomoka told them about what would happen. Yamato for his part felt tense. Seeing the new person who entered the fray with an ANBU mask from Kiri made him wry.

“He really died.” There was a slight tone of surprise in Haku’s voice. Of course this was for the sake of selling their little act not like any of the girls would bother to call him out. Meanwhile Yamato approached Zabuza’s body checking for signs of life.

“Thank you, I have been looking for an opportunity to kill Momochi Zabuza.” With that Haku gave the group a small bow without losing sight of them.

“No problem, I am guessing you want to take the body as well.” Tomoka stated without any worry in her voice. Though for the sake of keeping appearances she kept her muscles tight and ready for combat. Hearing Tomoka Haku just nodded while looking towards Yamato.

Nodding back, Yamato made some distance from Zabuza’s body. Even though taking the body for study could be useful for Konoha, doing so now would mean acquiring Kiri's displeasure. Not only that but their mission made it so keeping the body would be inconvenient for the time being.

Without another word Haku took Zabuza’s body before vanishing. This made Tomoka smile, though she put some effort in hiding it from Tazuna and Yamato. Now she just needed to contact Haku where Naruto would have done so in canon.

“Granpa!” The kid shouted while launching himself towards Tazuna.

“And who might this be.” Tomoka knew that Inaru would be a little shit due to his trauma so she wanted to get it over with. She was here for a purpose not to babysit a traumatized kid.

“His name is Inari, he is my son. Inari, say hi to the ninjas. They were the ones to bring your grandpa safe and sound.” Hearing his mother’s words as expected of the little shit he only gave a glance towards Tomoka’s group before speaking.

“They will die. It is simply impossible for anyone to win against Gatoh.” Hearing the little shit speaking made Tomoka crack a smile. One full of ridicule and a tinge of malice.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever you say kid. We aren’t as weak as any other weakling Gatoh has killed in the past. All you need to know is that we will be staying for a while and keeping your old man safe.” Tomoka’s dismissive attitude made Inari angry so he just turned around and left.