41 To Be or Not To Be

Naruto and Sasuke managed to beat Zabuza's clone with their shuriken-shadow clone technique. They then ran back to old man Tazuna and got into position to protect him while Kakashi and Yasui engaged in battle with the real Zabuza.

"How!?" Zabuza came out of the water and once again stood on top of the water. Blood was trickling down a large cut wound on his back.

"Genjutsu, Zabuza." Yasui smiled. He had used the Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings technique with his Sharingan. This was the Genjutsu that he had perfected many times over in the academy.

At the crucial time, he manipulated Zabuza's surroundings, and he hid one of the Destructo Disks in the mist.

"When did I even… Was I put in a genjutsu the moment you activated your eyes!?" Zabuza suddenly realized. He had heard rumors… Rumors that the Sharingan is a Dojutsu that is also great in Genjutsu! The rumors stated that with just one look into the Sharingan, a person can be put into a Genjutsu. It's just that he had forgotten about the rumor after all of these years of not seeing Uchihas running around and using the skill!

"Hmph!" Zabuza looked angry and began casting hand seal after hand seal.

Kakashi saw this, and his Sharingan scanned the movements of Zabuza's fingers.

Ox, Monkey, Rabbit…..

This hand sign is one that molds the water in the surroundings into the shape of a dragon. It is called the Water Dragon Jutsu!

Kakashi used his Sharingan to copy all of the moves that Zabuza is using. He wanted to copy this move and make the dragons attack each other.

At this moment, Yasui didn't sit still. He's also copying the hand seals that Zabuza is using!

Yasui knew that he can also cast this technique, mostly because this technique relies on the hand seals and the water that they're standing on. If there was no water, he might not be able to do it because he doesn't have water chakra nature to summon water.

Zabuza looked at the two who were copying him and frowned. It couldn't be that both of them can copy his ninjutsu, right!?

Kakashi was also amazed that Yasui is adapting to the flow of the battle very quickly.

The battle of hand seals went on. In total, there are 44 hand seals to complete this jutsu!

"Tori!"

"Tori!"

"Tori!"

The last hand seal was cast and all three of them shouted: "Water Style! Water Dragon Jutsu!"

"ROARR!!!" The three dragons appeared and Kakashi's water dragon fought with Zabuza's dragon while Yasui's dragon aimed for Zabuza.

The two larger dragons clashed onto each other, keeping themselves busy. They seem to be equal in strength!

Yasui's dragon was only half the size of Zabuza and Kakashi's dragon, but it's still a water dragon regardless! It headed towards Zabuza, and it attacked him without any resistance from Zabuza!

"URAGHH!!" Zabuza screamed as he felt his whole body succumb to the pressure of Yasui's water dragon.

"So amazing!!" The mist's density had reduced, and Naruto could see the three dragons. He screamed in excitement while watching. The three dragons appearing and fighting made the scene look as if it had come out of a fairy tale.

The water dragon battles created high waves in the river, and water began to spill out onto land in huge amounts.

As the overflowing river water washed over Sasuke and the other two people beside him, Sasuke also wondered if he could also do the same thing with his Sharingan after it develops a bit more.

Currently, he only has one tomoe, and it's still a little hard to keep track of fast hand sign weaving.

Zabuza was sent onto land, and his body slammed into rocks and trees while water gushed at him. He felt extremely exhausted. Zabuza coughed up blood as he tried to regain his composure. He was in immense pain and his body was aching all over. He knew he had to keep battling despite the pain, but it was too late.

Kakashi had already thrown Kunais at Zabuza, successfully stabbing all of his limbs.

Feeling defeated, Zabuza fell to the ground. His injuries were too severe for him to continue the battle.

Yasui came up to Zabuza and placed a hand on Zabuza's chest. His other hand held a kunai and aimed it at Zabuza's throat, waiting for something.

"To be or not to be, Mr. Zabuza?" Yasui smiled as his bright red Sharingans stared straight into Zabuza's eyes. He asked this, but he already had the answer in his mind. He could have taken out Zabuza this instant, but he did not want to.

His hand that was on Zabuza's chest emitted chakra that was left unnoticed by anyone, and a seal engraved itself on Zabuza's skin. This sealing technique was similar to the Flying Raijin Technique that Yasui had gained from the forbidden scroll.

However, he had not yet mastered it, so he used the reduced version on Zabuza. He calls this sealing technique the Tacking Seal. Although it did not allow him to teleport to it, it did allow him to know its position at all times within a 100-kilometer area.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

As Yasui thought, needles came directly from Zabuza's throat, and he fell down onto the ground. It's as if he had died.

Yasui looked over at another tree and saw a person with a Hidden Mist Village Anbu mask. It's the ice user: Haku.

"Huhu. He died." The masked Haku said as he looked at Zabuza. His voice gave away his young age. His sentence also sounded forced.

Seeing the appearance of the mist Anbu, Kakashi came down and checked on Zabuza's pulse. He confirmed that Zabuza is dead due to the lack of a pulse. He turned to the masked Haku, wanting to see what he wanted.

"Thank you. I have been waiting for the chance to kill Zabuza." Haku bowed.

"Are you a tracker ninja from the Hidden Mist Village?" Kakashi asked the masked Haku after seeing the mask.

"That's right. I am from the Hidden Mist Village whose mission is to hunt the Rogue Ninja Zabuza."

Kakashi felt a little doubtful because Haku's height and voice seem to still be young, similar to his students. But, Kakashi felt a cold power from the kid. Anyways, the current mist village isn't something that he can comprehend. They will even let new graduates slaughter each other.

"Your battle is over now. I must get rid of this corpse so that our Hidden Mist secrets aren't leaked. I will also be taking the sword back to my village." Haku disappeared and reappeared next to Zabuza's body.

Kakashi didn't do anything. He did not want to get into a scuffle with the Hidden Mist village. He also wasn't too concerned about the bounty on Zabuza's head. He wasn't money hungry.

"Now then… excuse me." The masked Haku took Zabuza's body away. He also took the Executioner's blade away.

Yasui was fine with this development. He gained some battle experience and most important of all, his whole team won without any injuries.

As for the Executioner's blade, he didn't try to keep it. It's true that he wanted a famous ninja blade, but he doesn't really like the Executioner's blade. It's too bulky, and it's special power isn't too strong.

If he wanted a bulky two handed sword, he'd rather get one that's like Samehada… that sword can absorb chakra.