Chapter 12: Water Clone, Water Clone, Still Water Clone
"So the famous Copy Ninja, Kakashi Hatake, is actually a little girl?"
"Or perhaps, you are not Kakashi Hatake?"
"No! Your outfits are identical, and you easily dealt with those two demon brothers. It seems my intelligence was mistaken."
Zabuza pulled out his notebook, looked at the information regarding Kakashi, and a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes.
"Eh? Kakashi-sensei is that famous?" Sakura also looked at Kakashi with some curiosity.
Sasuke, however, was drawn to what the opponent said at the beginning, "Kakashi of the Sharingan? What does that mean?"
"Actually, my real name is Uchiha Kakashi!" Seeing the confusion in Sasuke's eyes, Kakashi said jokingly.
"Ah?" This time, Sasuke was shocked, looking at Kakashi with utter disbelief.
"Just kidding, well, the situation is tense now, just trying to liven up the atmosphere!"
Kakashi spoke again with a laugh.
"..."
"Heh, it seems you all look down on me." Zabuza saw that the few people below still had the mood to joke, and his expression instantly darkened.
"This time it's my turn to show off. I won't lose to Sasuke again."
However, Uzumaki Naruto was still thinking about what happened before. Seeing that the opportunity had arrived, he didn't care about anything else and rushed forward, intending to attack the opponent.
"Fall back, go back and protect Mr. Tazuna." Kakashi immediately reached out to stop Naruto upon seeing this, his expression also becoming serious, "This opponent is different from the previous one. One slight mistake and you could die."
Afterward, Kakashi lifted her left hand and flipped up the forehead protector covering her left eye, revealing her scarlet Sharingan.
"Oh! I didn't expect to see the legendary Sharingan so soon."
When Zabuza saw Kakashi reveal the Sharingan before the fight even started, the slight annoyance in his heart disappeared. It seemed the opponent didn't look down on him; instead, she valued him highly.
At the same time, this also verified that her information was wrong: the Kakashi with the Sharingan was indeed a female.
Naruto and Sakura were also shocked when they saw Kakashi's left eye.
What kind of eyes were those?
And Sasuke was even more shocked. Wait, she really has the Sharingan?
At the same time, Zabuza had already activated the Hiding in Mist Technique, and the surrounding mist grew thicker and thicker.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura didn't have time to think and immediately formed a diamond formation to protect Tazuna.
Kakashi stood alone in front to confront Zabuza. They hadn't clashed yet, but their killing intent had already collided.
Amidst the collision of their killing intent, Sasuke and the others felt extremely uncomfortable and painful, having the feeling that death was just a slight slip away.
"Don't worry, I'm here, I won't let you die."
Kakashi noticed their abnormality and couldn't help but speak to comfort them.
"Heh, don't talk big."
At this moment, Zabuza instantly appeared inside Sasuke and the others' formation.
However, as soon as he appeared, Kakashi followed closely behind, spun around, rushed in front of him, and simultaneously stabbed a Kunai into his heart.
Naruto and the others took the opportunity to quickly escape.
Just then, Zabuza suddenly dissolved into a pool of water, and simultaneously, a figure appeared behind Kakashi.
It was Zabuza who had just disappeared. He swung his great sword and cleaved Kakashi in half.
But Kakashi also turned into a puddle of water.
"Tch, he actually copied my Water Clone," Zabuza clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"It's over."
Another Kakashi appeared behind Zabuza at this moment, holding a Kunai to his neck.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Sakura and the others not far away were overjoyed when they saw this. So powerful, they settled the score instantly!
"Heh, you think you've won?"
The Zabuza in front of them also turned into a puddle of water, and another Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi.
"Hm?"
The moment Kakashi turned around, the opponent suddenly swung his sword at her.
But Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, immediately jumping up on the spot to evade the attack.
But Zabuza instantly raised his leg and kicked her flying out, landing in the sea not far away.
Immediately after, the real Zabuza, who was hiding in the sea, used a Water Prison Jutsu to trap Kakashi, who had just climbed out of the water.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
All of this happened in an extremely short time, leaving Sakura and the others somewhat stunned.
By the time they reacted, Zabuza had already created another Water Clone and rushed over.
Uchiha Sasuke tried to counter-attack but was instantly knocked flying.
Uzumaki Naruto, who had just prepared to move, was also kicked flying at extreme speed by the opponent.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Naruto, unwilling to admit defeat, quickly used the Shadow Clone Jutsu as soon as he got up, and dozens of Narutos rushed forward together.
But Zabuza swept his blade once and sent all the Shadow Clones flying.
"More of these things are useless," Zabuza said with a cold gaze. He didn't take these brats seriously at all.
"Sasuke!"
At this moment, Naruto, who had just gotten up from the ground, suddenly took a Fuma shuriken out of his backpack and threw it to Sasuke.
Upon catching the Fuma shuriken, Sasuke immediately understood Naruto's intention. He then leaped into the air and vigorously flung the Fuma shuriken out.
"Heh, boring." Zabuza didn't take the mere Fuma shuriken seriously.
But when the Fuma shuriken circled past him and flew toward the main body behind him, he finally showed a hint of shock.
The real Zabuza behind him saw this, snorted coldly, and extended his left hand to catch the incoming Fuma shuriken.
But in the next second, he discovered that there was another Fuma shuriken flying toward him, skimming just above the water surface.
"There was another Fuma shuriken hidden in the shadow?" Zabuza was startled, but he quickly reacted, slightly jumping with both legs on the spot to evade the attack.
Boom—
"Hm?"
Zabuza didn't have time to be happy before suddenly hearing the sound, and he inwardly thought, 'This is bad.'
He turned back and found that the Fuma shuriken that had just flown past had actually transformed into a person!
"Got him!" The Uzumaki Naruto who had turned back into a person immediately threw a Kunai at Zabuza.
In order to evade this attack, Zabuza subconsciously released the Water Prison holding Kakashi.
Seeing Kakashi freed, the group couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
Only Zabuza could no longer suppress his anger and wanted to immediately attack and kill that brat, but before he could act, he was stunned by the sound of applause from a distance.
Clap clap clap~
"Not bad."
At this moment, the real body of Kakashi slowly walked out from the bushes not far behind Sakura, applauding as she did so.
"Ah?" Seeing another Kakashi, Naruto and the others were also stunned.
"Is this... another Water Clone?"
Now Zabuza was completely unsettled. So the one he had trapped earlier wasn't the main body!
This feeling of being tricked was more uncomfortable for him than eating a dead fly.
"Falling for a trick from a few Genin, it seems the famous Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza, isn't that terrifying after all," Kakashi said with a light laugh, teasing the Zabuza in front of her.
Since she knew that her original self in the plot would be trapped, she never intended for the main body to go out in the first place.
After all, if Naruto and the others failed, she would surely die.
"Heh, don't act like you've already won," Zabuza said with a gloomy expression, then began forming hand seals with both hands, intending to directly use a large-scale Water Release Ninjutsu to kill them all.
"Ninja Tactic Insight Number Three: Ninjutsu."
Kakashi raised her left hand and pointed at Zabuza.