The battle went on.. The team feeling even worse.
"Where did it go?!" Tazuna shouted, kakashi looked back only to get caught in zabuza's water prison. A streak of white then blurred sasuke's vision, the whole group stared
"how?! I killed you!"  Zabuza shouted enraged. She huffed.. Taking deep breathes.
"Clone" she said loud enough for kakashi to hear. Kakashi stared wide eyed..
"Shiro...." He whispered.. Smiling behind his mask.. He would have hugged her.. He wanted to.. He wanted to hug her.. He was so relieved and proud of her.. Even after a few months she still couldn't preform the clone jutsu correctly she did it perfectly., and just in time to save her own life.. Naruto began to cry.. Sobbing in fact when he took a shaky step forward
"Sh-shiro-chan" he shuttered hugging her tightly. Shiro smiled a little and sighed
"Gomen Naruto-kun.. I didn't mean to scare you" she says catching her breathe.. She then looked up to kakashi and smiled at him.
"See! I'm okay hatake-Sensei!" She says smiling, kakashi gave her a slight nod..
"Not for to long!" Zabuza shouted
"SHIRO!" Kakashi shouted, shiro spun around and got out a kunais ready for the attack this time. But Naruto got in the way, blocking the attack best he could, but it sent him slamming into shiro and making them both go stumbling backwards. Kakashi watched the, through the prison.. Mentally begging them to just give up and go ..
"you four! Take Zabuza away from here! Run! He won't be able to follow since he has to keep me in the prison! Take Tazuna and complete the mission!" Kakashi shouted, shiro looked forward..
"Ie... Ie!." Shiro mumbled shaking her head. "There's no way I'd leave my Sensei!" She says loudly, Naruto grinned and nodded
"Yeah! You have so much to teach us anyway!" Naruto shouted grinning, Sasuke good on shiro's oeft, Naruto on his right
"That's if Tazuna doesn't have any objections" Sasuke said, looking back to Tazuna, Tazuna sighed
"I got you all into this mess, don't worry about me, just go save your sensei!" Tazuna shouted
"Sakura! Protect Tazuna! Naruto! Sasuke! Head of the field!" Both boys nodded, all noting that shiro called them by their first name. Shiro stared at Zabuza.. Her tails swaying in the breeze.. Ears down.. Kunai out. Ready to block any attacks that went past the boys.
"Alright! Let's do this! Sasuke!" The boys then continued with a plan they had thought of before shiro came, kakashi nodding to shiro.. Although being the youngest of the group, he wasn't surprised that she took charge. In the time training with her he had learned that she was quick to action if no one else would. She still could preform jutsu properly by will but it seemed whenever she was in danger she could. Kakashi watched intently as the genin proceeded with their plan.. Before the jounin knew it he was out of the prison clashing with Zabuza again, Naruto and Sasuke back in manji formation, shiro in the front. In a steady stance, kunai raised. Sasuke walked up to her holding out his fist, shiro looked at him confused. He then took hold on her wrist, pulling her arm up and balling it into a fist, shiro then looked at him confused,
"Fist bump" he said quietly, pumping her first with his, shiro then copied, Sasuke smirked and looked forward. Shiro smiled
"Okay" she said, Sasuke then smirked and leant over to her
"No one else" he said lowly, shiro giggled making the uchiha blush..
"Okay uchiha-San" she said keeping her giggles in. Naruto frowned and threw his arm over shiro's shoulder
"What's going on shiro-chan?"
"Ah Naruto-kun!" Shiro exclaimed smiling
"You scared me shiro.. I thought you were dead" shiro lowered her head
"Gomen Naruto-kun.. I didn't want to scare you.." Shiro whispered. Wincing ever so slightly, the boys didn't notice though., she then looked to kakashi who was walking over to them, shiro walked up to him with a bright smile
"I finally did it right hatake-Sensei!" She says cheerfully, kakashi smiled and knelt down Infront of her, grabbing her arms and bringing her to his chest. Hugging her tightly,
"Ha-hatake-Sensei?" Shiro shuttered. Not knowing what to do again..
"Shiro..." He whispered, he then released her and held her buy the shoulders "excellent work shiro... Excellent.. All of you" kakashi said standing up and looking to the group..
"Yes very well done for genin" a voice said, shiro then went to kakashi's side... Holding onto his arm.. Kakashi squeezed her shoulder lightly
"Relax" he whispered down at her, shiro sighed. And nodded, Naruto looking to kakashi and shiro with a slight frown. He may be an idiot, but he knows when a fellow guy is getting to close to his friend.. His shiro. Shiro looked up.. The boy blushed slightly behind his mask as he jumped down, Haku looked to the body of Zabuza.
"Thank you for taking care of him" Haku said nodding to kakashi, kakashi sighed, walking up to the group, shiro had let go to check up on Tazuna when she saw a glimpse of kakashi collapse.
"Sensei!" Naruto and Sakura shouted worried, the tracker nin, Haku sighed
"Don't worry, he's just exhausted" Haku said taking zabuza's body away, shiro then walked over to kakashi and frowned, the boys then began to carry kakashi towards Tazuna, who gratefully lead them to the village hidden in the mist..