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"Naruto, a lot of hostile intent is heading this way."
The Nine-Tails' voice echoed in Naruto's mind. The sheer volume of malice rushing over was unmistakable—it had to be Zabuza bringing Gato's hired muscle.
Naruto's eyes turned razor-sharp. Without a second's hesitation, he shot forward toward the bound Haku. He clamped both hands like iron pliers around the youth's elbow joints. A swift, surgical twist and shove—
Crack!
"Ngh—!" A stifled groan escaped Haku's lips. Both of his arms lost all strength, dangling limply; Naruto had deftly dislocated the shoulder joints. The move was clean and ruthless, stripping Haku of any ability to form the one-handed seals for his Ice Release. To finish, Naruto wound fresh rope around Haku's upper body, pulling it bone-tight.
"Zabuza's brought company—plenty of them!" Naruto yelled.
The well-trained Genin sprang into action by reflex. Akamaru snapped into a combat stance, fur bristling as he let out a low, menacing growl. Kakashi reacted instantly, his voice rattling off crisp orders:
"Hinata, Ino, Sakura! Guard Tazuna's family and Kurenai-sensei inside. Keep them safe at all costs! Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba! You three engage the enemy head-on with me! Shikamaru, Choji, Shino! Stick with Asuma; look for chances to flank!"
"Yes, sir!"
The group answered in one firm voice. The girls formed a tight triangular guard around the clients, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Kiba shot after Kakashi like arrows loosed from a bow.
Outside, a thick, cloying mist had crept in, swallowing the moon. From deep within the shroud came a shrill whistle—the terrifying howl of the Kubikiribōchō cleaving the air.
Naruto stepped to Kakashi's side, lifting the bound Haku by the back of the collar. Haku's feet dangled, his dislocated arms swaying uselessly.
"So you're the 'Demon' Zabuza Momochi?" Naruto called out, his right hand whisking his wooden sword from his waist. It was no ordinary bokken—infused with his own Wood Release chakra, it was harder than steel.
"Thought I'd meet someone famous, but it's just some brat," Zabuza's voice rumbled from the mist. He tightened his grip on his blade. As long as it isn't the Fourth Hokage... "Let Haku go... and I might let you walk away."
"The question isn't whether you'll allow us to leave," Naruto replied coldly. "But whether we'll allow you."
In a puff of smoke, hundreds of Shadow Clones flickered into being, hemming in Zabuza and Gato's mercenaries. Inside the house, Ino linked everyone with the Mind Transfer Jutsu. The collective consciousness of the two teams synchronized.
"Now!" Kakashi's bark cracked like thunder.
He snapped his forehead protector aside. The Sharingan glinted coldly—three black tomoe spinning in a crimson sea. A shrill, thousand-birds screech erupted in his left palm as blue lightning condensed. Raikiri! Kakashi became a bolt of lightning, streaking into the fog.
Naruto's clones swarmed Gato's men. Though their blades were wood, the chakra-backed strikes split stone and shattered bones. Sasuke's hands flew through seals, spitting dragon-headed fireballs: "Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!" Meanwhile, Kiba and Akamaru became twin whirlwinds, rampaging through the enemy ranks.
Asuma's team burst from the flank, his chakra blades glowing with wind-natured blue edges. Shino's insects and Shikamaru's shadows seized control of the tempo in an instant.
"Hiding in Mist Technique!" Zabuza roared.
The fog thickened into a solid white wall. Visibility crashed. Zabuza's silhouette melted away. "Inside this fog… I am the master," his voice drifted from every direction.
Hinata stilled her breath, veins bulging around her eyes. Her 360° sight ignored the white wall. To her, the battlefield was a blueprint. Zabuza's savage chakra blazed like a bonfire in the dark.
"Naruto-kun, behind you!" Hinata's thought shot through the mental network. "Diagonal right, downward slash!"
Naruto trusted her absolutely. He didn't even glance back. Muscle memory outran thought. His right arm whipped backward and up, his chakra-infused sword a green blur.
CLANG!
Steel rang against wood. The massive Executioner's Blade, driven by Zabuza's killing intent, crashed against Naruto's up-flung bokken. The impact cracked the ground beneath Naruto's feet, but the wooden blade held firm.
Sparks lit the mist, illuminating Naruto's calm profile and Zabuza's stunned, snarling face as he loomed from the white dark.
"What—?!" Zabuza roared in shock. "How could you see me?!"
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