"If she's the Shinobi Killer, then we can't have her on the team! It's too dangerous!" Says Sakura. 

"You mean to tell me that I'm traveling with a ninja who can kill me at any second!? You're suppose to be protecting me, dammit!" The old drunk fusses. 

"Everyone, calm down." Kakashi intervenes. "It's fine. As long as Akina remains in the shackles, she won't be able to do anything. She is my responsibility. I will make sure she stays in control." Kakashi gives me a stern look as he says this. 

Ever since that little scene, nobody hasn't said a word to me. I was completely being ignored. Sakura and the old drunk were glaring at me. Sasuke was examining me closely. Kakashi had his arms crossed and his head down, and Naruto didn't say a thing. 

After the boat ride, we were close to the old drunk's hometown. While we were walking, Naruto decided to throw kunai all over the place. "Over there!" He shouts as he threw a kunai. 

"What are you doing,  Naruto?!" Sakura shouts at him. 

"There was something there! I saw it!" Naruto said. 

"What are you trying to do, give me a heart attack!?" The old drunk yells. I walk over to where Naruto had thrown his kunai and saw that he nearly hit a rabbit with white fur. A snow rabbit? 

"Naruto, you almost killed a rabbit." I said with a deadpan look while picking up the rabbit. 

"Ah! Oh, no!" Naruto runs over to me and takes the rabbit out of my hands. "I'm so sorry, little rabbit! I didn't mean it!" Naruto snuggles the rabbit as he cries. What I can't wrap my head around is why is a snow rabbit out here in the first place? It was raised indoors. But why come out now? 

Before I could process anything, Kakashi shouts out, "Everyone, get down!" He grabs me and tackles me to the ground as a huge sword is flung at us. 

Everyone ducks as the sword misses us and hits the tree near us. Somebody stands on the handle of the sword and glares down at us. Kakashi glares at the person who decided to attack us as the culprit glares back at him. 

A man with short black hair and a bandage covering his mouth and nose glares at us. No way. It's... "Zabuza Momochi..." I whisper out his name. 

"The Shinobi Killer, Akina." Zabuza turns his attention to me. 

"They know each other!?" Naruto shouts. 

"Rumors tend to spread far and wide. Zabuza is a rouge ninja, but a much higher rank." I reply, not taking my eyes off Zabuza. There's no doubt about it that he's here is for the old drunk, just like those two demon brothers Kakashi defeated. Everyone wants to kill the old guy today. So, I'm not the only one who has a hunch. 

"And if you know what's good for you, you'll hand over the Bridge Builder." Zabuza glares at me. "I always wanted to fight the Shinobi Killer. Now is the perfect chance." 

"You won't get the chance to fight anybody. Your battle is with me." Kakashi puts his arm out in front of me as he lifts up his headband that is covering his left eye, revealing the Sharingan. Now I know why Kakashi's name sounded familiar when I first heard about him. Not only he's the Copy Cat Ninja, but he's Kakashi of the Sharingan. I thought that eye technique only belonged to the Uchiha Clan. 

And where did the mist come from? 

A mist suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making hard for us to see. "Which means I'll have to exterminate you first, huh, Kakashi?" Zabuza glares at Kakashi once more. "Then so be it." He takes his sword out of the tree and vanishes. 

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura get in front of the old drunk as Zabuza appears on the water with a hand sign. "The Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!" I shout out, informing Kakashi and everyone. And just like that, Zabuza was gone again. 

The mist gets thicker and at this point, we couldn't see anything. But, I can still hear his voice. The atmosphere is so thick and intense. It makes my heart race with excitement! "A-Akina...?" Sakura notices my body shaking. 

"This intense wave of bloodlust... It's too much for me to bear...!" I giggle to myself. "I've been itching for a fight." I lift my head up and smirk. 

"Akina, don't do it! Control yourself!" Kakashi looks at me with a glare. 

"What's the harm with letting the girl have a little fun?" We hear Zabuza's voice and my eyes widen. He's right behind me... 

The moment I turn around, Zabuza swings his sword at me, but Kakashi is already in front of me, blocking the sword and stabbing Zabuza in the stomach. But there's water pouring out of the wound. 

This one's a fake! The real one is still hiding! No... The real one is behind me! "Akina! Behind you!" Naruto warns me, alerting Kakashi. 

"Gotcha!" Zabuza swings the sword across and I bring my hands up to shield myself. And just like that, the shackles around my wrists were sliced off. 

I stumble back a bit as the shackles drop to the ground. Kakashi's eyes widen when he sees the shackles around the ground. "Don't move." I see Kakashi behind the real Zabuza, holding a kunai to his neck, as the other one in front of melts into water. That Kakashi was a fake, too? 

"So you copied my jutsu. Smart. But I will not allow myself to be defeated by the Copy Cat Ninja." Zabuza says with a slight chuckle. "You are full of surprises though. But I am not easily fooled!" He melts into water and another one of him appears behind Kakashi. 

Zabuza swings his sword across and Kakashi ducks, but Zabuza kicks Kakashi so far that he lands in a lake near us. The front of my clothing is grabbed and I am lifted in the air. I grunt as I am lifted in the air and I glare at Zabuza. 

"Now then," Zabuza looks at me dead I the eyes. "Let me see what you can do, Shinobi Killer. Show me what you can do!" 

"No!" I look over at Kakashi who is in a water prison made by Zabuza. Is that a clone or the real one this time? I can't tell anymore with all of these clones showing up our of nowhere. "Get away from her!" Kakashi shouts at Zabuza. 

I bring both of my feet up and kick Zabuza away from me, having him release me, and I back flip away from him. "I took those shackles off you so that you can move around freely during our fight. Now, show me your power, Shinobi Killer!"

"No, Akina! Don't fight him! Just take the bridge builder and run!" Kakashi shouts at me. 

"We do this now!" Sasuke runs at Zabuza and throws a few shuriken at him. Zabuza uses his sword to swat them away as Sasuke jumps in the air and comes down on him with a kunai. But, Sasuke was too slow for Zabuza. Zabuza grabbed him by the throat and throws him to the ground. 

"Sasuke, no!" Sakura shouts. 

"He got Sasuke!" Naruto shakily looks back at Zabuza, who looks back at me. 

"Zabuza..." I call out his name out loud with my hair shading my eyes. "You wanna fight me this badly?..." Suddenly, chakra bursts throughout my body, causing some of the thick mist to disappear. I lift my head up, devilishly smirking at him, and say, "Fine. I'll fight you. But don't expect me to hold back!" 

Zabuza takes his sword and wields, getting into a fighting position.  "That's more like it. Now then, let's fight! Shinobi Killer!" 

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