Thank you all for your answers to the questions!! But, csd14|| was the first one this time!! and Art is a Bang!!

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Chapter 12

Sasuke, Sakura, Tazuna, Naruto and I all looked on in amazement at how this battle was moving. Everything you think is going to happen, doesn't. It's pretty strange.

Naruto beamed at our sensei. "Wow!" He exclaimed, and I nodded my head in agreement.

"Not as good as my art, but it's good enough, un," I retorted, and Naruto snickered at me. Knowing that was pretty high praise from me.

Then, Zabuza started to laugh at Kakashi. My eyes narrowed. Why in Jashin's name is he laughing at Kakashi sensei?!

"Is this the end?" He mocked Kakashi, and I aimed a glare. "You don't understand. You can't defeat me with just your indiscriminate imitations. I can assure you that," Kakashi narrowed his eyes on Zabuza. "But, you're pretty good. I see that you've copied my water clone jutsu when you said, 'I won't let anyone on my team die'," Zabuza quoted Kakashi from before. "By making your clone speak as if it was the real one, you diverted my attention to the clone, while the real one used the Hidden mist Jutsu to hide and observe my movements. However," then the REAL Zabuza turned up behind Kakashi. "I'm not that easy to defeat!

Kakashi pulled his arm back and destroyed the water clone; my hand went to my scope. I really need to work on this. It's just being useless in a clone, on clone battle. I can't pick the real ones, from the fake.

"That one's a fake too! Can't your scope see that Emi?!" Naruto shouted, and my eye twitched.

"My Scope can't see everything! I'm still working on it!" I snapped, and he flinched at me. I sighed. "I can't rely on it Naruto. It's still a work in progress when it comes to more than being used as it's supposed to be used for," I explained.

Zabuza swung his sword towards Kakashi, and Kakashi ducked under the sword. The sword slammed into the ground. Zabuza used this to push him to the right direction without missing a beat, and kicking Kakashi away and into the air. My eyes widened when Zabuza pulled out his sword, and ran towards the flying Kakashi, but he stopped suddenly.

I looked down, and I saw why. Caltrops... if sensei needed a trap, why didn't he ask me? I have to fire power here, Caltrops... are lame, and insult the art of traps.

"How idiotic," Zabuza stated, and I sighed.

"Have to agree on that one," I muttered, and my team looked at me. "I have my reasons," I stated.

Kakashi then landed in the water, and Zabuza disappeared from our sight. "Sensei!" Naruto called out to Kakashi. But he was under the water, so the call was to deaf ears.

"His Taijutsu skill is superb, too," Sasuke pointed out, and I nodded my head. That is my weak point. But I'm sure when I want, Guy sensei will teach me.

Kakashi came up to the top of the water. He looked down at the water weirdly. Why was he doing that and not just moving and getting out?

Suddenly, Zabuza was behind Kakashi. "Idiot," He called Kakashi, and he started doing hand signs, while standing on the water. When he finished the last hand sign, Kakashi looked back at him. "Water Prison jutsu!" Zabuza called out.

"Shoot!" Kakashi yelled, before an orb of Water was formed around Kakashi. Kakashi was in the middle of the orb of water, and Zabuza had his arm in the orb. My eyes narrowed in on it. Why is that?

Kakashi looked at Zabuza as Zabuza looked at him. "You fell for it. This is a special prison that you can't escape from. You give me a hard time when you're moving. Now then, Kakashi. I'm going to finish you off later," then he looked over at us. "First, I'm going to get rid of them," He did hand signs. "Water clone jutsu."

Oh crap! This is not going well. I took a few breaths to calm myself, as I water clone formed. I need to think!

Naruto froze in shock, and the Clone walked towards us. Speaking for the real one. "The four of you have forehead protectors on as if you think you're ninja," I eyes Narrowed at the clone. Speak for yourself. It stopped walking. "But Ninja refers to someone who has gone through numerous life and death situations. In other words, you can call yourself a ninja when you appear in my bingo book." I snickered. "You four aren't ninja."

The clone disappeared with a hand sign. My hand flew to my scope, trying to find him again by locacting his chakra. When I found him, he was in front of Naruto, and Kicked Naruto back.

I moved in a flash, my adrenalin running on a high. I caught Naruto before he hit the ground. I saw Naruto's forehead protector was gone from his head.

We both looked at Zabuza in time to see it land, and Zabuza stomp it. My eyes Narrowed. "You're just kids," I rolled my eyes, standing up.

"I would prefer brats if you have to call us names," I called out, and he glared at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Naruto, Emiko!" Sakura called out to us, I looked at her with a smile.

"We're fine Sakura," I called right back. I saw Sasuke and Sakura both looking over at us. I waved, and then I looked back at Zabuza clone.

"Everyone!" Kakashi yelled to us. Everyone looked at him, but I didn't divert my eyes from Zabuza clone. "Get Tazuna and run!" He shouted, and I tsked. I didn't like that, not at all. "You can't win against him! He can't move as long as he has me trapped me in this water prison," So he has got to keep his arm in the water orb thing? Nice to know. "He also won't be able to use his water clone once you get away from him! Run for now!" He ordered.

He is kidding right? We can't leave our teammate behind. Teacher or not. Plus, that option was gone when he was captured in that water prison. I need to think of a plan! We need to get Kakashi sensei out!

Sasuke had the same thought pattern as me it seems as he shouted. "We have to do it!" before he ran at the water clone.

He threw multiple shuriken at the clone, but the clone pulled off his sword from his back, and blocked them with it. Sasuke launched himself into the air. The clone looked up at Sasuke.

"This is the spot!" Sasuke was about to hit the clone, but before he could land a hit, the clone grabbed him around the neck, saying too easy.

I moved then. Before he could throw Sasuke, I gripped the clones arm. He looked at me, and I smirked. Sasuke was hanging in mid-air, looking at me.

I let my hand mouth open up, the little explosives climbed out and up his arm. But he didn't notice; he was glaring at me. Putting his sword in place on his back, and tried to hit me. But I moved, somehow pulling Sasuke out of his grip.

I jumped us both back from the clone. Letting go of Sasuke, I rested my arms on my legs. Alright, did it.

"Sasuke! Emiko!" Sakura shouted, and I rolled my eyes. Sasuke was looking at me in shock.

"Sasuke got... and Emiko did..." Naruto muttered, and I looked over at him with a smirk. I waved my hand. My hand mouth was gone.

Naruto was shaking in fear, looking at the clone as he towered over him. He went to run, but he saw his bandaged hand and froze. Naruto looked back at the clone, and then his forehead protector, which was still under the clone's foot.

"What are you thinking, Naruto?" I muttered, and Sasuke looked at me weirdly.

Naruto, slowly stood up and he looked at the clone in the eye, as the clone looked down at Naruto.

Naruto then ran full force at the clone, my eyes widened. Is he insane?! "Idiot! Stop!" Kakashi shouted from with the water prison. But I don't think Naruto can hear him over his battle cry.

"AHHH! Naruto! What are you thinking?!" Sakura shouted, pulled at her hair. I was about to step in, but Sasuke grabbed my arm and put me behind him. What in the world?!

"Let him..." Sasuke ordered me. "He'll get some sense knocked into him," Like you did? I wanted to retort, but I didn't.

My eyes went to Naruto. "Idiot," the clone muttered.

Naruto was kicked in the face again, drawing blood, and I couldn't move in time to catch him, as Sasuke still had my arm.

Naruto rolled over a few times on the ground, before stopping. Face first into the ground. I pulled my arm out of Sasuke's grip, and I ran to Naruto's side.

"What are you thinking, charging in like that on your own?!" Sakura shouted at him. As I put my hand on his shoulder. "Even Sasuke is no match against him," And Sasuke is soooo strong. Pfft. Fangirl. "Genins like ourselves have no way of defeating him, no matter what we try!"

Naruto started to shake, slowing pushing himself up. I knew Naruto would brush off my help right now, so I just kneeled there.

I got up, looking Naruto over when he was on his feet, crouched down a bit. And I saw... his forehead protector! My eyes widened.

I looked back to the clone. And I chuckled. So that's what Naruto wanted. His forehead protector. I looked back at Naruto as he struggled to stand tall, wobbling a bit. My heart clenched when I saw blood dripping down his chin.

"Hey... the no-brow there," I looked, and what do you know. He doesn't have any eye brows. Heh, funny. "Put this in your bingo book. The person who will become the Hokage of Konoha one day," Naruto put back on his forehead protector. "The Konoha-style ninja," with one last pull of the knot, he looked up at the clone "Naruto Uzumaki."

Naruto was about to say something, but I put my hand up. "Let me test something out, Naruto," I muttered, and he nodded his head. "Zabuza clone, let's play with explosions shall we. I need a new artistic muse. I'm starting to lose my touch, yah."

The clone looked at me and the real one too. "You think you can take down my clone?" The real Zabuza called to me. I smirked.

"Already done," I did a hand sign, and the clone looked bored, waiting for my jutsu. "You really shouldn't underestimate me. My attack is already on you!"

The Zabuza's froze. I made the explosives move from this hiding places on him, and he looked at them weirdly. "My art is fleeting! Katsu!" BOOM! C1 explosions went off, killing the clone instantly. "Explosions trump water any day, Zabuza."

The real Zabuza glared at me, then he did a hand sign, and he made another clone in place of the first one. My eyes narrowed.

"Alright then, so my theory was right, if we kill one clone he will make another in his place," I sighed, and my head dropped. "Alright Naruto, you were going to say?" I asked and he looked at me as I looked up at him.

"Right, Sasuke, Emi, lend me your ears for a second," He called to us, and I nodded my head, as Sasuke looked at him.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked of Naruto, sounding annoyed.

"I have a plan," He told us, and I chuckled.

"Not a test, like mine was I hope," I called out, and he chuckled at me.

"I can't believe you want to work as a team," Sasuke told Naruto in disbelief, and I laughed at this.

I rubbed my hands together. "This will be fun!" I sung, and Naruto smiled at me.

Naruto whipped away the blood on his chin. "Let's go wild now!" He shouted in excitement like I did, and I beamed at him.

Then the clone started to chuckle dryly at us. "You seem to be quite confident, but do you even have a chance for victory?" He asked of us. If my team wasn't here, I'd use C4, and turn you into art! But alas, it would kill my team, and client, so it's a no go. I'd throw many bombs at him but he might throw some at my team, and I mightn't see it and kill them. I wish I put some bombs on him before, but I didn't. Stupid on my part really.

"What are you all doing?! I told you to run away!" Kakashi screamed at us, and I froze in shock at his voice. Sort of forgot he was here... heh heh. "The outcome of this battle was decided when I got caught! Run! Our mission is to protect Tazuna. Did you forget that?!" He told us off.

I know he's trying to protect us, but... we can't run away. And he is starting to piss me off. He has read the bingo book, and doesn't seem to be able to put two and two together. I'm sure I'm on the newer ones.

Naruto looked back at Tazuna, looking for the word to move, or run. "Old man," he trailed off.

Tazuna was silent, and then coughed a laugh. "Don't worry; I caused all of this in the first place. I won't say that I want to survive no matter what," He looked up at us, with a smile. "Sorry, everyone. Fight as much as you want!" he yelled, and I smirked.

"Oh, I intend to," I chuckled darkly, facing the clone once more. It glared at me.

"That's how it is," Sasuke said with a cocky smile on his face, and I smirked at him.

Naruto smiled his foxy grin. "Are you ready?" he asked of us, and I nodded my head.

"Naruto, Naruto, Naruto. I was born ready," I stated, and he laughed at my words.

Then the clone started to laugh once more. Like it was some big old joke. My eye narrowed at the clone. Why is he all laughy about?

"You sure don't learn, do you? Did you get cocky when your friend destroyed my other clone?" he asked of us, and I rolled my eye at him.

"What?" Naruto asked of the clone, glaring at him, along with Sasuke.

"Still pretending to be ninja? When I was your age, my hands were already soaked in blood," Oh Jashin, is he going to go on trying to say we're going to lose? He is getting annoying.

The clone looked at his hand, like he was seeing all of the blood. My team gasped, as I yawned. So are mine, idiot.

"The Demon Zabuza," Kakashi told us all, and my team looked confused on what he was called that.

"It looks like you've heard of me," the real Zabuza claimed his name to fame.

Kakashi looked at us from within his prison. "A long time ago, the Village hidden in the mist, was known as the village of the Bloody Mist," He explained to the rest of my team. "In that village, there was an obstacle that existed to become a ninja."

The real Zabuza looked at Kakashi. "Hmm, so you also know about the final test there," he called out.

"The final test?" Naruto asked, wondering what the final exam could be. The clone started to laugh. "Hey, what is that 'final test'?" Naruto asked, and I sighed.

The clone just kept laughing at Naruto. "Students killing each other." Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto and Tazuna froze in shock. "Friends who have eaten from the same pot are separted into groups of two and forced to fight each other. Until one of them is killed. This is done with friends that have helped each other, shared their dreams, and competed together."

"That's awful..." Sakura muttered in shock.

"Ten years ago, the Village Hidden in the Mist had to go through a reformation," Kakashi told everyone, and I sighing, knowing the story. "Because in the previous year, a monster appeared that finally decided it."

Sakura moved her arms, and said. "A reformation?" she didn't get an answer. "A reformation? What did that monster do?" Sakura called out, wanting her answer.

"A Kid, who hadn't even become a ninja. Killed over 100 ninja to be's without thinking twice about it," I answered her question.

It went silent for a few moments, letting it sink in. before Zabuza spoke up. "That was fun."

"So, Zabuza. In your mind. I am a ninja?" I asked, before he moved. They all looked at me. "One, I've killed before I was a ninja, two, I am in that bingo book of yours," everyone froze, and looked at me as I stepped forward. "The name I'm under is the name my brother gave me. The name the people only hear if they think of that day. The Little Bomber," his eyes widened, and I smirked at him. "I was 7 when I killed for the first time. Other rouge ninja's, mind you. But I still killed them. Does that make me a ninja?"

"You... you... you..." he muttered, "But it's said that you were always with another s-rank, Deidara," He stated, and I shrugged.

"That was years ago. I've gone village ninja now," I stated, and he glared at me.

Kakashi gasped. "Of course. That would be you. The age fits, the name fits, and the person fits. Everything fits." He listed, and I rolled my eyes. "You're classified as a legend, Emiko."

I almost fell over. "WHAT?! SINCE WHEN?!" I screamed, and he sighed.

"You never got a photo on the bingo book; everyone thinks you're not real. You don't have a rank or anything," I frown, crossing my arms in annoyance.

"What did she do?" Sakura asked of Zabuza or Kakashi, looking at me in fright. I rolled my eyes.

"She was hiding behind a tree, when Deidara was fighting these ninja, when, it stated, she ran out, with an evil look in her eyes-"

I cut in. "It was my fierce look at the time. Scary as hell people," I called. "And I wasn't even out of the tree, that's a story. Because of the time after that, they thought the same thing happened."

Zabuza glared at me. "Anyway, she jumped into the air, grabbing Deidara, and threw down explosives, killing them when she detonated them." he finished. "An Explosive Happy girl. Twenty Chuunin, two Jounin."

They all looked at me in shock, and I rolled my eyes. "Their dramatizing it. One, that was the second time, and I only kill nine then and the other got away. Dei-dei shouting about art and they shouldn't mess with his little bomber, or they'll be like them. The other twenty two. It was a test from Dei-dei, seeing if I can handle killing again. Only rouges though. Strangely enough, glad now though. The first time, they were killed by me throwing three bombs in the right place, while darting to tree to tree. Then running out, grabbed Deidara, and ran to another tree, then let lose the bombs. Now that's the story," I finished.

Naruto sighed, having heard the story one before, but didn't really believe me until now.

"That would have been fun," Zabuza clone said before looking at us.

He moved and elbowed Sasuke in the gut. I froze at the sudden movement. Sasuke flew back and I moved, I threw Sasuke out of the way and he landed away from me and Zabuza clone. Zabuza clone glared at me, moved in front of me. Then he attack. My close combat sucked!

So when he tried to swipe me off my feet, I fell. Then he slammed his elbow into my gut. I coughed out blood, getting it around my mouth. The pain in my gut was horrible; it was like throwing Artsy there. Now I know how Kisame felt. Whoops.

Be pressed his foot on my ribs. And I coughed a few times. He digged his foot into my gut, sending spasms of pain threw my whole body. Threatening to snap my ribs into bits. He pressed a little too hard, and I heard a snap. I screamed in pain, my eyes shutting in pain.

"Emiko!" Everyone shouted, and I put my hands on his foot trying to stop him from snapping another.

I heard noises and talking, but I couldn't open my eyes to see what they were doing, or hear what they were saying; I really couldn't care less at this moment.

I put my hand on his foot, let out an E2 this time. My own Art. The one they implode, and only killed the thing it was on.

When I felt the foot off, I rolled over onto my hands and knees as quickly as I could, wincing in pain. I saw a bunch of Naruto's in the air. My eyes widened.

An arm came out of nowhere, and wrapped around my stomach. I winced in pain, as I was jostled back, as the person moved us back.

I looked, and I saw Sasuke. Looking down at me. "You are an idiot," He told me, and I chuckled, before wincing.

He let me go and I stood up, trying not to pull my snapped rib. I looked to see the Naruto's being flung back, yelling out, they poofed when they hit the ground, or hit a rock.

I moved away from Sasuke, to Tazuna and Sakura.

"It's impossible! You can't beat a guy like that!" Tazuna yelled to Naruto, and I looked for the real one with my scope.

I saw one Naruto looking threw his back and not poofing away. That must me the real one. He pulled out something, and then threw it into the air. "Emiko!" I shoved my hand into my pouch, my hand mouths eating some explosives. I caught the thing. I looked at it, knowing it was Naruto transformed. My eye twitched. Good plan. Putting my explosives on it. He wants me to throw it to Sasuke, and set my explosives on it. Making the explosives move onto the one that Sasuke hopefully has.

"Naruto! I don't know how to use this!" I called out. "Sasuke!" I threw it towards Sasuke.

He caught it, and then looked at it in shock, before spinning around, hopefully grabbing the real one... if he had one that is.

Sasuke stood tall, opening the huge shuriken in front of him. "The Fuuma Shuriken, the Shadow Windmill," he glared at the clone.

Sakura had a look of awe on her face as she looked at Sasuke.

"A shuriken won't work on me," the Clone told Sasuke, and I rolled my eyes at him, wrapping an arm around my waist wincing in pain. My rib still in pain.

Sasuke moved the shuriken to the side, before launching himself in the air upside down. With a yelled, and some skill, he threw the shuriken. It went around the clone and towards the real one.

"I see, you were going after the real one this whole time," the real Zabuza stated, "But it's too easy for me!" he said, catching the shuriken.

But the reason why the shuriken is called the Shadow shuriken comes into play. And flew towards him. My explosives going onto him, now that he wasn't paying attention to it.

"Another shuriken was in the shadow of the shuriken?" He asked no one, before jumping over it. "But it's still too easy for me," he stated.

Sasuke and I looked at each other, and smirked. Then looked back. The shadow shuriken poofed into the real Naruto with a kunai in hand.

"This is the spot!" He shouted, using Sasuke's words from before, before throwing his kunai at Zabuza's arm that's in the water prison.

Zabuza moved his arm out of the prison, and then the kunai flew towards the water clone, but it just caught it.

"I don't think so!" I yelled, and then I did a hand sign. "Never, and I say. Get close to me this is for doing something to my ribs! Yah!" I shouted, "Katsu!" BOOM! the clone imploded into nothingness.

I looked at the real Zabuza, and I saw that Naruto cut under his eye. Damn, close to his eye too.

As Naruto was falling towards the water, Zabuza runed on his heal, and shun the real shuriken in his hand, about to launch it at him. "You damned kid!" he shouted.

Just as he was about to throw it, Kakashi was there, blocking the shuriken with his hand. Naruto fell into the water with a splash.

Kakashi looked at Zabuza looking really, really pissed off. I snickered. Oh, Zabuza is a dead demon now.

Sakura beamed at our sensei. "Kakashi-sensei!" she shouted, in happiness.

Naruto come up from under the water with a huge smile on his face. I smiled at him. He really has grown.

"Naruto, your plan was impressive. You have all sure grown," Yep, even Sakura, she didn't faint this time.

Naruto laughed happily. "I used the shadow clone jutsu to hide the fact that I transformed into a Fuuma shuriken, and he was hurting Emi," I snickered at him. "I didn't do it to defeat Zabuza. I left one of my clones, and I transformed into a Fuuma shurkien. Then my clone threw me, now a Fuuma shuriken, to Emiko. She places some off her expl-" I coughed at him. "some of her art on me but she didn't have the time to make it, so it's not obvious, hence why she was angry at me," I nodded my head. "and then she threw me to Sasuke. Sasuke noticed that it was me right after he caught it and he took his own shuriken. Then Sasuke used the Shadow Shuriken jutsu. I hid in the shadow of the real shurkien, and went straight for Zabuza. I knew that I couldn't beat Zabuza just by that, of course. But I thought that if I could just break the water prison, maybe things would turn around. Emiko's art was a failsafe. If he didn't dodge me, and grabbed me. She would let lose her explosives, but that didn't happen. But Emiko was also able to get rid of the water clone, so it was a success!"

Sasuke closed his eyes, and smirked. Looking cocky. "It was just luck," he stated, and I nodded my head.

"It was luck?!" Tazuna shouted in disbelief.

"Yep, there was a lot of things that could of went wrong," I stated, and everyone looked at me. "Like the fact I couldn't make my art," I lied. My art was on Zabuza. But it was going to be failsafe if Kakashi can't take him down.

Zabuza laughed once. "I lost myself temporarily and cancelled the Water Prison Jutsu," Zabuza told us, trying to save his pride.

I snorted once. "No. You didn't cancel the jutsu. You were forced to!" Kakashi exclaimed, smashing whatever he had of his pride.

Zabuza glared at Kakashi, and Kakashi glared back. Naruto smiled, getting ready for the new battle.

Between Zabuza and Kakashi, no more playing around!

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Sorry I haven't uploaded in a while. I've been busy, and I haven't been sleeping right, heh heh, I stopped drinking coffee, and my sleep has been coming back. hahaha. And this chappy is ten pages on word, and I hate editing!! Also, yesterday, I was hoping to upload, and I was going to. But!! At lunch time at school yesterday, some stupid kid, who I have been nothing but nice to mind you, swung an umbrella at someone else, but it missed them and hit me instead. Across the right side of my face from my eye to my ear lobe. So, now I have a black eye, if it hit just a bit further up, I might had damage to my eye. How fun eh??

Now, enough of my rambling, Question time!!!!!!

If you could be a ninja, what village or organization would you be a part of?? I would be a Konoha nin, just because I think it would suit me, I would say Akatsuki but... I think Tobi and I would cause too much trouble together annoying Deidara and the others.

As you know, the first to answer will get a dedication to them!!

Fan, vote and comment!! Please!! 😁