Chapter 7 Arata vs Zabuza

'cling' 'cling'. Several clashes happened between Kakashi and Zabuza. Looking at their battle, Arata also saw the difference between him and Kakashi. It seemed like Kakashi still went easy on him as the speed that he showed right now was a lot faster than their fight. Arata stood at the front where as the others stood behind him and closer to Tazuna. With the large clashes, the mist around them was started to spread out a little more and they could watch the fight more clearly.

Arata didn't want to just watch, he was waiting for his opportunity to jump in give Kakashi an opening. Unlike Naruto and the rest, Arata had a good amount of fighting experience when he practiced with his parents. He fought them two on one after all even if they went easy on him.

Just then, Kakashi landed a solid blow with his kunai.

Naruto saw that Kakashi finally landed a blow, " Yay, you got him Kakashi."

However, what came out of Zabuza's body was not blood but water.

Kakashi: " Oh no."

Kakashi quickly turned around to block but it was already too late and was kicked and sent flying into the water.

Kakashi: " This water... it's heavy."

Suddenly, Zabuza suddenly appeared behind him.

Zabuza: " Aren't being a little careless when facing me, Copy Ninja Kakashi. Water Jutsu, Water Prison."

Suddenly Kakashi was trapped in a water bubble unable to move.

Kakashi: " Everyone be careful."

When Arata saw the situation, he immediately threw out one of his special kunai. Before he ran forwards, he placed a hand on the ground and then threw out several more regular shurikens. As Zabuza saw the numerous flying ninja tools, he took out the sword behind his back and swung it knocking them down. He immediately made a hand gesture, " Water clone Jutsu."

Just as he used the jutsu, Arata instantly appeared in front of him with special Kunai in hand and slashed towards the arm that was imprisoning Kakashi.

Zabuza saw the attack and was surprised but the sudden appearance, but he just laughed, " Ha ha ha ha, too slow boy."

Before the attack could cut apart Zabuza's arm, Arata felt a dangerous tingling sensation behind him. It was the water clone that Zabuza had made and it used its giant sword to cut down Arata. However, before the attack could connect, Arata disappeared and reappeared before Naruto and them.

Naruto: " What the, how did you get here."

Sasuke only thought that Arata and Kakashi was not bluffing at all when they said that he was stronger than the rest of them. He could not keep up with Arata's movements at all.

Before Arata dashed forward, Arata had put a flying thunder god brand on the ground for safety measures.

Zabuza saw that his attack missed and was even more surprised. " Boy, what is your name."

Arata looked at Zabuza and his clone, " Arata Senju, son of Riki Senju."

Zabuza looked at Arata with wide eyes, " Riki Senju? Hahahaha so it seems that he didn't die after all. Interesting boy, I wonder if I kill you...will he come after me? Haha."

Arata looked at Zabuza with an angry face, " You can try."

Arata then looked at Naruto and Sasuke, " You guys both distract the clone, I'm going after the main body." Arata immediately took off after that.

Arata: " Lightning cloak" Arata immediately surrounded his body in lightning. The reason why Arata didn't use this move from the start was because it used a large amount of chakra, even though the Senju and Uzumaki clans giving him a large amount of chakra and recovery ability, Arata was still only 11 years old and has not fully developed.

Arata immediately dashed forward with great speed with his kunai in hand. But before he could even throw it, the clone immediately ran towards him and slashed at Arata, forcing him to block the attack. With the clash, Arata was once again sent flying. Against a full grown man's full on attack, Arata still had trouble defending against it. As he was sent flying, he immediately threw out his special kunai towards the real Zabuza, but he was already prepared and used a water jutsu blocking the kunai from advancing.

Arata saw that Sasuke and Naruto was still just watching with a surprised gaze, " Are you two just going to keep standing there!!??"

When the two heard his words, they immediately went into action. Sasuke threw his shurikens at the clone while Naruto used shadow clone to create more of him and ran towards the clone.

Zabuza 1: " Wanting to deal with me with your strength? Even if I'm just a clone, I am still stronger than the both of you."

Zabuza dashed forwards and grabbed one of naruto's clone as he swung it around and quickly defeated the other clones and threw the remaining one at Sasuke.

Even though it was only just a few seconds, it was enough for Arata to get close enough. 'swoosh' Arata appeared before Zabuza again but Zabuza did not expect this as Arata didn't throw any ninja tools. He looked at where Arata was and saw that it was a small shuriken floating in the water with a strange mark that Arata had dropped before Arata vanished back in front of Tazuna.

Zabuza eyes grew wide in astonishment, "This boy"

Before he could make a move, Arata did a handstand and kicked upwards towards Zabuza head and uppercut him sending him flying. With this attack, Kakashi was now released from the jutsu.

Kakashi: " Well done Arata. I'll take it from here."

Zabuza got up slowly and angerly glared at Arata. " Boy, I will remember that strike."

Arata: " Hmph."

Arata jumped backwards as he deactivated his lightning cloak jutsu, he was exhausted and might not last another round with Zabuza.

Kakashi and Zabuza now clashed. But it looked strange to Arata and the rest. Whatever move Zabuza used, whether it was in taijustu or ninjutsu it looked completely the same.

Arata muttered, " Copy Ninja Kakashi."

Watching this fight, he now got a better idea of how Kakashi got this name.

With the fight going on and on, Kakashi's copied moves started movie at a faster pace. 'Water jutsu: Whirlpool' before Zabuza even made the hand signal Kakashi had already made the move and sent Zabuza under water.

Before Zabuza could get up and fight again, three long needles came forth from the side and pierced his neck.

The group looked in the direction from where the needles came from. They saw a young boy with a mask on. The mask had what seemed to look like a bright red swirl located on the lower left. One small black line where the eyes were located and the hidden mist logo on the forehead.

Arata looked at him and narrowed his eyes. They didn't even notice his presence till now. If he was an enemy, none of them would've been prepared. That guy was strong.

???: " Thank you for the help. We have been searching for Zabuza in order to eliminate him for quite some time now. You will no longer be troubled from here on out."

Kakashi: " Judging from your appearance, you must be an Anbu tracking unit from the hidden mist.

???: " You sure are knowledgeable, Kakashi Hatake, The Copy Ninja. We will be taking his body and dispose of it ourselves. The secrets on his body is not something that we want in other people's hands."

'Whoosh' He immediately appeared at the side of of Zabuza's fallen body and disappeared with his body.

Naruto: " What... What the heck. Kakashi sensei, are we gonna just take this. After all our work... it just ended like that."

Kakashi: " Calmed down Naruto. In this world there are children younger than you but may also be stronger than me. This is the world we live in."

Naruto: " But...but..."

When Sasuke saw the boy's strength and Arata's strength, he grew frustrated at his meager strength. He an Uchiha could barely do anything during that whole fight. It was mainly Kakashi and Arata who did everything.

Kakashi: " Well that's that. Let's get going now."

Just as he said that, Kakashi fell down and fainted.

Naruto and the group rushed towards the fallen Kakashi.

Naruto: " Kakashi, Kakashi, what happened, what's wrong."

Seeing this, Arata already knew what happened. Just with Kakashi's last name he should not be an Uchiha, unless one of his parents is an Uchiha, the sharingan takes a lot of chakra no matter who it is. However, the sharingan originally belonged to the Uchiha clan so they are most suitable for its use. Since he only has one sharingan on one side, then it is obvious that Kakashi doesn't have an Uchiha as a parent. He must've gotten it from someone.

Arata: " Relax Naruto, he only fainted because of chakra exhaustion."

With that being said, he was also struggling to keep up, he was nearly exhausted to the point of fainting too. But with Kakashi out of commission, someone had to protect Tazuna properly if anything else happens.

Tazuna: " Well I know where's a place to go rest. Let's go there and rest."