Hikari; The Forgotten Otsutsuki

Chapter 9

Suffice to say, Momochi Zabuza was not your everyday ninja. I knew enough from the lingering malice surrounding the man. Veins were showing around my eyes as we were gawking at the newcomer. My uneasiness was still building up because I thought that I had sensed two chakra signatures that were hidden in the leaves before. Chakra was focused on my third eye to enhance my Byakugan perception and there he was; the other person in our predicament hundreds of meters away. The previous uneasiness never faded away still, it got worse when the other one suddenly vanished from my perception.

"You appeared to be Sharingan no Kakashi. Sorry, but the old man is mine," Zabuza said. I couldn't contain my surprise when I heard it and instinctively looked at Kakashi-sensei. Within my Byakugan's perception, his left eye's chakra signature was different from his. The answer to that condition would only be that it is a transplanted eye. Still, even my surprised expression couldn't top our brooding expert, Uchiha Sasuke. I understood him though, with his clan wiped out, he must've wondered if our sensei was one of his clan.

"Surround and protect Tazuna-san. Do not enter the fight. That's the teamwork here," Kakashi-sensei was serious, "Zabuza, first, fight me."

He pulled his headband upwards revealing the aforementioned Sharingan.

"Ah, I already get to see the famous Sharingan. I'm honored," Zabuza said monotonously. Clueless as he was, Naruto questioned what a Sharingan was. Sweat dripped from Sasuke's forehead when he explained it to Naruto.

"Sharingan, it is said that some have the ability in their eyes to read and defeat all types of genjutsu, taijutsu, and ninjutsu. The Sharingan is one of the types of pupil that gives you this power," he explained.

"But that's not the only ability the Sharingan has," he added but it made Naruto became more puzzled.

"It can copy your ninjutsu," I said and Zabuza agreed with me.

"When I was a member of Kiri's assassin team, I kept a handbook. It included information of you and this is what it said--the man who has copied over 1000 jutsu, 'Copy Ninja Kakashi'," Zabuza said and an intense stare-down contest broke out between them. Sasuke, ignoring Naruto's question was looking intently at Kakashi-sensei.

"I think I don't deserve that name anymore," Kakashi said while chuckled a little.

"Now, let's end all the talking. I have to kill that old man," Zabuza finally said.

"Hikari, now!" Kakashi ordered. I wasted no time and formed a series of seals.

"Rat, Dog, Tiger," I mumbled seriously, "Mokuton Mokujoheki!"

A dome of wood grew from the ground encasing Tazuna-san and my friends. It was very dark inside but we still managed to hear some sort of chatter outside of it.

"Interesting student you have here, Kakashi," we heard.

"You heard what I said," we heard Kakashi-sensei said.

"I can't see." Naruto was complaining.

"Mokuton jutsu?! How?" Sasuke questioned. I would have answered his question but that was not the time for it. I withdrew the Fudo Masamune and channeled my Ranton towards it and it glowed giving us light.

"Listen to me, guys, I need you to be very vigilant. Yeah, it is Mokuton jutsu but mine is not strong enough, but, it is enough to give us time. I sensed another enemy nearby so I need to find him before we fell further down their trap. You guys okay to deal with this?" I asked my team. They all showed a determined face at me.

"Dobe and I got this," Sasuke confidently said. I got no time to reply when I saw Zabuza was going to slash the dome. I weaved forward between them and when the sword got through it clashed with my Fudo Masamune causing the dome to explode to smithereens. I was lucky to channel my Raiton to counter his tremendous strength with the large sword.