Chapter 38 - 36

In the land within the Land Of Waves, you can see a huge amount of red raging chakra pouring out of a single blond haired girl with three thick whisker marks on her face, a tail made of that chakra coming out of her behind. Her eyes were like that of a cat but it was blood red.

"I am Uzumaki Azumi! Remember this name for I will be the one to kick your ass! Believe it, dattebayo!" She shouted as the red boiling chakra covered her from head to toe like a cloak.

Seeing this, Zabuza widened his eyes, and though, 'What!? A jinchuuriki!? I thought all the jinchuurikis are only stationed inside their respective villages and were never let out by the current Kage!? This is not good, fighting Kakashi and this jinchuuriki will be impossible! And, if I am right, that jinchuuriki holds the Kyuubi! F.u.c.k, f.u.c.k, f.u.c.k! I need to retreat! My sword is already broken, and it will take some time before I can fix it! I really got myself in deep, this time."

Zabuza knew what a jinchuuriki was because he already fought Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, but he lost badly. Now, he is on his quest to gather enough funds to help the Rebellion to usurp Yagura and bring peace back to Kiri. That's the only reason why he decided to take on the mission of a disgusting fat man to kill this old man but, that may be impossible right now.

'The kyuubi chakra is getting out of control! I need to stop her before she goes even farther with that power! If the kyuubi is indeed trying to get out, then I will have no choice but to eliminate her. I know that will turn Hikaru against me but what can I do?' Kakashi thought as he observed and analyzed his surroundings while paying attention to both Azumi and Zabuza.

'What chakra is that!? I have to get away! The malice, it's far too strong!' Sasuke thought as he retreated a bit farther from the fight, while staying close to Tazuna.

Sakura was no longer ready for battle, if she ever was, and now, she has just fainted in front of Tazuna because of all the things happening in front of her.

"Graaaaah!!!"

Azumi was the first one to strike with her Corvian Claws on her hands, ready to plunge it deep inside the nuke nin.

"Shit! She's fast!" Zabuza dodged it but not without any injury. It was only minor though.

Slash after slash, Zabuza couldn't catch up with her. He can't get enough time to do a jutsu, it's like she's trying to keep him away from using his jutsus.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Zabuza screamed in irritation as he dodged another claw slash.

"Stop darting away! I'll kill you!" Azumi yelled as continued slashing her Corvian Claws towards Zabuza.

At this time, Kakashi watched Zabuza's movements with his sharingan as he got ready if anything ever happens. Azumi seems to have taken control of the battlefield and Hikaru couldn't get anymore impressed.

'With the kyuubi chakra, her power is now near High Jounin Level. How marvelous! And with the speed training I did for her, she can be around near Kage Level! This is fantastic! But, this is only temporary. The kyuubi chakra is slowly burning her flesh off, and if this does not stop, she will go towards something even I can't defeat. I'm sorry Azumi, but this is necessary for your own good.'

But just as he was about to move, the two fighting individuals neared where Tazuna and the rest was, and Zabuza saw the fainted Sakura laying on the ground, unconscious. He smirked when he saw this before he fled his battle with Azumi as he ran towards Sakura.

"Get back here, damn it!" Azumi yelled then ran after Zabuza.

She neared his back and was ready to kill him with one swift slash to his heart, when suddenly, she stopped her hands mid-way. Why? Because the unconscious face of Sakura was right in front her, thus stopping her from killing him.

And behind the unconscious girl was Zabuza holding her neck. That's right, he took her hostage.

Even though Tazuna was somewhat near Sakura, he decided that the old bridge builder would amount less than this pink haired girl. She is their teammate, that's why they may care for her. He could've killed the old bridge right there, but with the jinchuuriki on his back, he couldn't do that. Because his goal is to give funds to the rebellion in mist, and if ever he dies, then there would be no one to bring back the money.

"Shit! I didn't think Sakura would just fall unconscious! This is really bad. If she ever dies, then that would mean I lost one yet again. And I can't have that! I have already lost enough comrades, but this time, I will save her!" Kakashi's eyes then slowly rotated before turning into its mangekyou form.

"I'm sorry Obito, but let me save one this time. I can't afford to lose another one." Kakashi muttered as he performed several hand seals before shouting.

"Kamui!"

The situation forced him to use his mangekyou but this comes with a price. He does not have enough chakra to use it, so he would have to drain all of his chakra just to use this.

With Sakura taken hostage, Azumi couldn't do anything but growl deeply as she snarled at him. But, suddenly, the space around Zabuza distorted and before he could do anything, his entire arm was taken away by that distortion.

"I missed, but that's enough for Azumi to kill him. I just hope that Sakura is safe..." Kakashi muttered before passing out and fell to the ground with his mangekyou inactive.

"Gaahh!! My arm! How did that happen!?" Zabuza looked around while he held his right arm and saw Kakashi unconscious before he deducted that it was probably Kakashi's doing.

He released Sakura from being a hostage and with that, Azumi started her counterattack again. This time, Zabuza couldn't do anything but try to dodge her, but he was failing. He's already losing too much blood, thus weakening him.

'F.u.c.k, my vision is getting hazy. Damn it all! Haku, where are you!?' Zabuza thought while trying to dodge most of Azumi's fatal attacks.

"Die, die, die! Just die!" Azumi yelled while continuing her attacks. Her kyuubi chakra cloak was getting more and more dense. A sign of gaining another tail. Taking Sakura hostage was enough to piss her off, and her anger meters is really getting to her limit.

"This is stupid..." A mutter came but it was enough to be heard by everybody. All of them stopped as they felt the killing intent in the air thickened. They turned their heads towards Hikaru.

"If only I'd taken action earlier, Kakashi wouldn't have been unconscious like this. If I'd taken action earlier, he wouldn't have taken Sakura hostage. If, in the first place, I'd taken action, then all of this wouldn't have happened. Seriously, how stupid was I? Hah hah hah." His voice was full of self mocking. His tone was breaking. The killing intent he was releasing was terrifying.

"Azumi, stand down."

With one sentence, he used his mana to suppressed the kyuubi chakra that Azumi was using.

'What? How...?' She thought in shock as she felt that chakra being supressed.

"This is really... stupid." Hikaru muttered as the air around him distorted. His power was leaking out but he didn't care.

He knew, if he didn't just watch Azumi transformed into her kyuubi mode, then he would've been able to kill Zabuza without any problems. But, he was just really was proud of her for using the kyuubi chakra without going berserk.

No matter, everything is fine now. Why? Because he is here.

'What... is... happening? I could barely move! Am I freezing over this brat's killing intent?' Zabuza thought as he tried moving his limbs, and found out he couldn't.

"You know, it's been a long time since I've been truly pissed off. You just did that, good job. You're dying here today, Zabuza."

Without giving Zabuza a chance to react, he disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of him.

'What!?' He couldn't even see him!

Hikaru arrived under him before he kicked the nuke nin in the jaws so strong that you could hear his jaws breaking. Zabuza flew upwards due to the strong force of Hikaru's kick. A hundred feet into the skies, he found himself there.

Hikaru kicked the ground and jumped upwards towards Zabuza and he arrived on top of him in a blinding speed.

Whoosh!!

Hikaru arrived on top of Zabuza up in the skies before kicking him in his chest and he flew down straight towards the ground. But Hikaru was not finished yet, as Zabuza crashed on the ground, Hikaru fled down like a sharp bullet towards Zabuza before he pierced his stomach with his feet.

Booooom!!!

The entire surroundings was filled with dust and on the middle of the area was a huge hole created by Hikaru when he crashed down on Zabuza.

Hikaru jumps back up and saw Zabuza unmoving. And, suddenly, he noticed that there was no hole on his stomach, which was really strange since he thought he already pierced it. He walked towards Zabuza to check his pulse, and found nothing. As he looked at Zabuza, he saw that his jaws was already destroyed and his saliva was drippin from it continuously. His back was broken, his last remaining arm was already broken. His legs were quite fine but that's it.

"Now, he's dead. A shame, I would've love to compare my sword skills with him. No matter, I'll just find someone later."

With his emotionless eyes, he turned his back away to return to his team. Though, he couldn't see it but two pair of tear stained eyes were watching in the shadows and three thin needle was pierced into Zabuza's neck.

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After he "killed" Zabuza, Hikaru decided to continue on the mission now that the main threat is gone. Gato could be taken care of easily, he is nothing but a powerless mortal after all. Tazuna led them towards his house, where he met pretty woman in her near thirty's, which was Tazuna's daughter. She saw how bad Kakashi's state was, so she offered them a room in their house to stay for the time being. They bathe afterwards and Tsunami, the name of Tazuna's daughter, told them to eat while waiting for Kakashi to wake up.

As they were eating, a boy, or a brat, suddenly said that there was no hope, Gato was gonna kill them all. They were only spoiled little brats that was pampered all their lives. Hikaru ignored him, telling himself that he was just a nuisance. But Azumi took his words hard. She snapped at the boy before saying that she had no appetite and she's just going out to train.

After she went out, the boy, Inari they learned, cried before running up the stairs.

Hikaru was worried about Azumi, so he went out without finishing his food to go and get her.