Chapter 245: Battle of the Bridge (Naruto Vs Zabuza)
"DIE!"
Zabuza swings the Executioner''s de towards Tazuna in a horizontal sweep. His aim is to slice the bridge builder in half, leaving no chance of recovery.
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Naruto blocks the de with his kunai.
Aw
The impact of the strike leaves a tingling sensation in his hands.
"What?"
Zabuza has a surprised expression on his face.
"How?"
In the previous strike, he used most of the strength of his body to release a devastating blow to sh the target in half. He even used the special de techniques of Mist swordsman to deliver the strike. Paired with the Executioner''s de, that strike can even cleave through thick earth walls, but this little genin blocked his sure-kill move with only a kunai.
Zabuza is bbergasted to see this.
Aww
Naruto shakes his hands as his hand feels a little numb. He clutches his kunai and turns to Kakashi, who is watching from afar.
"Kakashi Sensei! I can fight this guy. Leave him to me."
Mmm
Kakashi nods his head in affirmation.
Even he was surprised to see Naruto block that attack.
''Sensei! Can you see this?! Your son is also a genius like you. He is already strong enough topete with elite Jounin.''
He turns towards the confrontation between Naruto and Zabuza.
''If Naruto isn''t able to hold his own, I will step in and save him.''
Upon hearing these words from Naruto, Zabuza''s expression turns ugly.
"You underestimate me, kid! A greenhorn like you thinks he canpete with a Mist Swordsman."
Zabuza swings his Executioner''s de with a bloodthirsty expression.
"Kubikiribch will bathe in your blood brat."
Whoosh
Zabuza disappears from his position and reappears behind Naruto. He swings his de towards Naruto''s neck, aiming to end him in a single sh.
Poof
Naruto disappears in a puff of smoke, leaving a kunai behind.
"A shadow clone?! Then where is the real body?"
Zabuza looks around for the actual Naruto.
The kunai flips in the air and turns into Naruto.
Haah
Naruto has a kunai in his hand as he aims for Zabuza''s head.
"What?!"
Swish skid
Zabuza kicks the surface of the water and instantly maintains a distance between them.
"This kid?! He is too cunning. I can''t lower my guard."
Zabuza has a serious expression on his face. Just now, he barely avoided the sneak attack from the kid.
"Kid! I must say you have some skills for your age, but it isn''t enough to stop me."
Stab
Zabuza stabs the de on the surface of the water and makes some hand signs.
Swish Swish swish
"Water Release: Water Bullet Technique"
Zabuza maniptes the surrounding water and fires a giant water bullet towards Naruto.
Whizz
The bullet closes on Naruto.
"Kid! Although you have some skills in Ninja techniques. In terms of Ninjutsu, you stillck experience."
Naruto calmly stares at the iing water bullet and makes some hand signs.
"Wind Release: Giant Wind Bullet Jutsu"
He takes a deep breath and inhalesrge amounts of air and fires a giant wind bullet towards the iing water bullet.
BOOM
Both the wind and water bullet collide and cancel each other, leavingrge amounts of water droplets in the surroundings.
"You got some moves kid, but it ends here."
Zabuza clutches his de with one hand and raises another hand over his head as he takes a stance ready to cast his most powerful jutsu.
"I won''t allow it."
A pair of hands creep out from under the water and grab Zabuza''s legs.
"What?!"
Zabuza is shocked to see the hands. He lifts his head and stares at the ''real body'' of Naruto.
Poof
Naruto smirks at him and disappears in a puff of smoke.
"Another shadow clone?! this kid! Just who is he?!"
Haah
The pair of hands tug tightly and attempts to pull Zabuza under the water.
Instead of panicking, a smile appears on Zabuza''s face.
"I finally found you, kid. This must be your real body."
Swirl
Zabuza''s body turns into a puddle of water and engulfs Naruto.
"Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu"
Zabuza''s water clone turns into arge sphere of water and traps Naruto.
Burble burble
Naruto breathes heavily in the sphere as he attempts to get free from the prison.
"It''s futile kid! I have spent quite an amount of chakra to form that water prison."
Swoosh
Another water clone appears behind Zabuza. The water clone inserts his hand in the water prison to maintain it.
Kaching
Zabuza draws the Executioner''s de and walks towards a terrified Tazuna.
Haah
Sakura jumps in front of the bridge builder.
"I will protect you."
She tries to assure Tazuna. But her words do not affect him.
"This is the end for me. Gatopany is too terrifying."
Tazuna closes his eyes in fear.
Sakura takes out her kunai and stands in front of Tazuna. Kakashi watches the entire series of events from the sidelines without interfering.
''Since Naruto asked me to not interfere, then I won''t. Still, I am curious to see, how will get out of this predicament. Of course, I won''t allow Zabuza to kill our target of protection.''
Kakashi turns towards Naruto who is struggling with the water prison.
''Water prison is a C-rank jutsu used to restraint one''s enemies. But the power of a jutsu depends on the user. In the hands of a Ninja-like Zabuza, it could be quite challenging to get rid of this technique.''
Haah
Naruto tightly clutches his hands asrge amounts of red chakra surge from his body.
Haah
BOOM
The surge of chakra destroys the water prison and frees Naruto.
"Farewell! Bridge Builder!"
Zabuza swings the Executioner''s de to im Tazuna''s life.
"Kenjutsu: Secret art: Mist Execution"
Kakashi''s expression turns serious as he makes his move.
''I can''t dy any longer.''
Suddenly,
Fwoosh swoosh
A streak of orange light shes past him.
"This is"
Kakashi''s eye widens in surprise as he is able to get a glimpse of the appearance of the streak.
"Sensei!!"
These words involuntarily escape from his mouth.
Whoosh
Naruto appears in front of Zabuza to intercept his attack.
"Rasengan"
Naruto has a dense red Rasengan in his hand.
BOOM
The Rasengan explodes on top of the Executioner''s de.
Crack crack
Cracks appear on the de and the de shatters into pieces.
"How can this be?!"
Zabuza''s eyes widen in sheer disbelief.
"That was one of the famed swords of the Mist. How can it shatter this easily?!"
Haah
Naruto tightly clutches his fist and punches Zabuza.
BANG
Zabuza is sent flying by Naruto''s attack.
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Earlier,
Inside the vige,
"That takes care of things."
Sasuke dusts his hands as two unconscious goonsy in front of him. They were precisely the bodyguards of Gato: Zori and Waraji."
"Earlier, I suspected Gato would make a move to sabotage Tazuna''s family while we are busy dealing with the shinobi. Guess, I was right on cue."
He ties both of them with a rope and flickers towards the bridge.
"I will leave their fate to these vigers."
Whoosh
Sasuke arrives beside Kakashi and reports to him.
"Good work!"
Kakashi nods his head as both of them turn towards the fight between Naruto and Zabuza.
Sasuke notices the red chakra of Naruto and silently murmurs to himself.
''I never expected this dunce to improve this much. While I have made little progress, he has improved tremendously.''
Sasuke feels the pressure from Naruto''s growth.
''I don''t want this idiot to leave me in the dust. After this mission, I will ask Izuna Nii-san to train me.''
Hmm
Sasuke senses a shadow slowly creeping towards Tazuna.
''It''s that hunter-nin guy. He is aiming to assassinate Tazuna while Naruto is engaged with Zabuza. He thinks he can get past me. Hmph''
Sasuke snorts and immediately flickers towards Tazuna.
Whoosh
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Sasuke deflects an ice senbon aimed at Tazuna''s neck.
"Not so fast."
Tch
Haku clicks his tongue and appears in front of Sasuke.
"I have toplete the task Zabuza gave me at all costs. Even if it means killing someone."
Haku solemnly stares at Sasuke as the surrounding temperature drops.
Brrr
Sakura and Tazuna feel the chill in the atmosphere. Both of them rub their hands to get some warmth.
Kakashi''s eyes narrow as he watches this phenomenon.
"Ice Style! A Kekkei Genkai user. It''s going to be a fight between two Kekkei Genkai."
At some distance away,
Chomp chomp
Izuna and Ayaka crunch some popcorns as they watch the fight while floating in the air.
Ayaka is sitting on a small rock that is floating beside Izuna.
"Ayaka! I brought you here to get some experience. But why do I feel like you came here to watch a movie?"
Izuna helplessly stares at Ayaka, who is cutely munching on popcorns.
"Ne Ne Onii chan! Don''t bother yourself over this small stuff. I am learning a lot from this fight."
Ayaka waves her hand and focuses on the battle.
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