Zabuza was currently jumping through the trees with the executioner's blade on his back, having survived his battle against Kakashi and the group of Chunin leaf ninja, coming out fine unless he counted the wound he had gotten on his shoulder from Kakashi's lightning blade.
Darn, that Copy ninja... Zabuza said to himself, feeling the pain in his shoulder getting worse as he jumped from another tree branch, being forced to bite hip lip.
"Kakuzu can handle the rest of that riffraff alone." Zabuza then said, snarling at the fact that his target hadn't been among the group as they originally thought, taking his attention away as he had lost himself in battle.
"Bastards must have split up." Zabuza thought, knowing that he had to find the Mist unit and secure the three tails as ordered.
Soon enough Zabuza arrived in a clearing with a small waterfall that flowed into a river. Zabuza walked onto the water using his chakra before heading into the waterfall, walking through the water and into the hidden cave behind it.
"I thought I might find you here," Zabuza said, not even looking at who was standing there.
"You kept me waiting long enough." The figure said, seeming to be hunched over.
"Where is the other weirdo?" Zabuza suddenly asked, getting a gruff response.
"You had better watch your tone with me unless you want to die." The hunched-over figure said as he moved out of the shadows, waving a large steel tail toward Zabuza, only stopping it an inch away from the back of his head.
"Whatever," Zabuza said as he placed an ointment over the wound on his shoulder, completely ignoring the threat as if his life mattered little to him.
"Looks like you are half dead already." The figure said, deciding to stop his attack, finding no joy in it anymore.
Zabuza decided to ignore his comment, knowing that he wasn't worth his time right now. Focusing more on tending to his injury.
"Looks like you were followed... Getting sloppy, Zabuza." Another familiar voice said, getting his attention as it hissed like a snake.
Orochimaru slowly appeared from the shadows of the hideout, taking Zabuza by surprise as he didn't know that he was there, unlike Sasori who he had picked up on right away.
"What do you mean I was followed?" Zabuza said, making sure to watch his tone more with Orochimaru.
"I might be willing to clean up this mess you have made, but then again, why would I bother going out of my way to do such a thing," Orochimaru said, walking over to Zabuza as he gave him a sinister smile.
"Leave the capturing of the three tails to us. You need to clean up this mess you have made." Sasori said, not sounding happy about the situation.
"The three tails is mine. I was assigned to capture it." Zabuza said, not liking Sasori's tone.
"Not anymore. New orders have come from above." Orochimaru said as he looked up at him.
"You and Kakuzu are to deal with the others now." He then said with a sinister smirk on his face, not giving Zabuza the chance to even answer him as he turned around and started to walk away.
Why you... Zabuza thought as he clenched his fist, hating that he wasn't strong enough to do anything about the situation.
"Don't mess this up, otherwise, I'll kill you next," Sasori said, glaring at Zabuza as he slowly walked past him in his Hiruko puppet.
Zabuza watched both of them exit the hideout, feeling his rage boiling over before he punched the wall in frustration.
"Darn, it... Now what?" Zabuza said to himself, already knowing who would be the one following him.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was still hot on Zabuza's trail, using his ninja hounds to follow his scent as they jumped through the trees toward the waterfall in the distance.
"This is the place huh?" Kakashi asked, getting a nod from Pakkun.
"This is the end of the trail." The small dog said, making sure to keep low in the shadows of the trees while they scoped the area out.
"Now we just have to find excatly where he is," Kakashi said, using his Sharingan to see if he could see anything with it.
However, not a moment later to his and his Ninken's surprise, Zabuza walked out of the waterfall onto the river before looking directly to where Kakashi was.
"You really couldn't wait to settle our fight that much that you followed me here huh?" Zabuza said with a frown.
"No way... He knows we are here already." kakashi said in surprise.
"I'm going to make you wish you hadn't." Zabuza then said as he reached for the sword on his back, getting ready to end this fight once and for all.
Meanwhile...
Hisen had been able to counter Kakuzu's jutsu with a combo of his own, using wind and water to create a small vortex that was strong enough to stop his lightning style, creating a large cloud of fog, giving him time to think of a new strategy.
"It's no use little Hisen, you can't hide from me!" Kakuzu yelled, suddenly appearing next to Hisen, using his long limbs to burst up from the ground and wrap around Hisen's body, leaving him unable to move.
"Shit..." Hisen said, trying to struggle as he looked into Kakuzu's dead eyes.
"This is the end of the line. Your heart is mine." Kakuzu said with a disgusting smile on his face with stitches dancing out of his mouth before they reached towards Hisen's chest.
This isn't good, at this rate its really over... Hisen thought, knowing there was nothing he could do now having been caught, still trying to struggle until the end.
"Don't let him get Hisen!" One of the waterfall ninja yelled, springing up around Kakuzu.
"Show him our strength!" Another yelled as a large group of them surrounded Kakuzu, each getting ready to unleash ninjutsu at him.
"Water style, raging waves!" They all yelled, working together to each blast as much water from their mouths as possible, indeed creating a raging wave, a huge wave that threatened to swallow both Kakuzu and Hisen together.
"What, but how!" Kakuzu yelled, not realising that they had already defeated two of his mask creatures, leaving him with only the lightning and wind masks left.
"Argghh!!" Kakuzu yelled as the wave crashed into him, smashing him and Hisen into the ground under the pressure of the water before it swallowed them both.
"Retreive Hisen!" One of the Waterfall captains yelled, getting two of ninja to dive into the water like bullets, using their chakra to free dive at impressive speed.
The remaining Leaf forces had been keeping the Wind mask busy, doing the best they could so that the Waterfall ninja could go and help their leader.
"It's retreating!" One of the older Chunin yelled, watching as it seemed to almost panic before rushing off and flying into the air.
"It's heading back toward the others," Iseto said, keeping an eye on it.
"For now let's gather the wounded and regroup while we can!"
"Yes sir," Iseto said, looking around at the damage done to their unit, seeing just how many of them had died in this fight so far.
"This battle... Is it really worth it?" Iseto asked himself, looking at all his dead comrades that had been fighting by his side not long ago.
"Sir, we got Hisen!" One of the other Waterfall ninja yelled as they burst free from the large body of water.
"Hisen, sir are you alright?" The captain asked, watching as Hisen coughed up some water that had been choking him.
"I'm fine." He said, wiping his mouth before looking down at his chest to see the wires that had been about to rip his heart out left by Kakuzu.
Hisen stood back up and ripped them off his chest, throwing them to the ground before surveying the area.
"He's still under the water. Hopefully, we crushed him with the force of our attack." The captain said.
Hisen had a hard look on his face, knowing that Kakuzu was still alive.
"No way that was enough to take that bastard out." He said.
"Look out!" One of the group suddenly yelled, watching as the wind mask flew right towards them, blasting a couple of wind bullets in their direction.
Everyone quickly jumped away to get clear of the blasts, watching as the water was blasted with the wind bullets creating a huge explosion before the creature dived into the water, clearly going in after kakuzu.
"What is that thing doing?" One of them asked as they all landed back in the trees for cover.
"I'm not sure, but this isn't going to be good," Hisen said, watching the water as it settled for a moment.
"Here he comes." Hisen then said, sensing the sudden increase in charka before the water burst open with a large blast of combined lightning and wind-style chakra natures.
The blast was so strong that it was enough to open a hole in the large body of water and create a large thick layer of steam from the heat.
Kakuzu was pissed now, having had to revert to his long-range form now, pumping all of his chakra into it as he was sick of messing around.
"He really is a monster..." One of the Waterfall ninja said, seeing that he looked even worse than before, now having 8 huge arms made of the strange stitching that made up his body, looking like it was going to be impossible to get close to him again.
"It's not just his appearance either, his chakra levels have just gone through the roof," Hisen said with a worried expression on his face.
Kakuzu was mad. He couldn't remember the last time he had been pushed this far having to resort to this form. Feeling his blood boil as he locked onto the group of Waterfall ninja in the trees.
"I'm going to rip the hearts from every one of you!" kakuzu roared as he burst into the air, using the large legs that now made him look like some kind of spider.
"Here he comes!" Hisen shouted, making sure everyone was ready for his attack.
Kakuzu didn't waste any time as he used both of the masked creatures on his shoulders to blast wind and lightning-style jutsu, ripping the forest to pieces, causing a huge amount of destruction as the attack ripped the terrain up.
Kakuzu quickly followed up with a powerful thrust of his stitching legs, using them to attack and grab those that had been able to avoid his first attack, even ripping one of the waterfall ninja in half in front of everyone, letting his screams sink into those who still tried to fight.
Two of the waterfall ninja tried to counterattack with a water-style jutsu, but Kakuzu was able to avoid it as his stitching legs allowed him to move like a spider, not even needing his body to touch the floor as he moved around, counterattacking by crushing them both with two more of his legs.
Hisen could see that more and more of his men were being killed, knowing that there was only one thing he could do to save them, no longer having a choice.
Kakuzu ripped the heart out of another two of the waterfall ninjas, placing them into his body reviving the other two masks that had been killed, reviving both of them as the masks grew back joining the others on his shoulders.
"Now you will all suffer for making me work so hard," Kakuzu said, letting all of the masks open their jaws, charging each one of their jutsu as they got ready to destroy everything around them.
"We can't do anything... He's too strong!" One of the Captains said, feeling the fear of death grip him as sweat dripped down from his brow.
Time seemed to slow down for Hisen, knowing that this was the end of him and all of his men. His village, his son. Everything he loved was about to be taken away from him if he didn't act now.
"Die!" Kakuzu shouted, blasting fire, wind, water and lightning style at them, unleashing an extremely powerful combined jutsu of four elements into one concentrated deadly beam.
"It's now or never..." Hisen said, reaching into his weapons pouch and pulling out a small vile of water before using his thumb to pop the top open and swig it as quickly as he could.
Everyone screamed out in terror as the chakra beam flew towards them, watching their lives flash before their eyes as it was about to connect, knowing there was nothing any of them could do.
"Here goes!" Hisen suddenly yelled as he burst forwards, seeming to glow with power as his chakra was overflowing, radiating off of him.
"No way, Lord Hisen!" One of the captains shouted out as he appeared in front of the chakra blast before he stopped it with what looked like a chakra shield of his own making.
The elements clashed with Hisen's shield before exploding on impact, creating a huge blast that covered everyone's vision, including Kakuzu, who was under the impression he had just killed all of them.
"Its over..." kakuzu said, feeling the last of the shock wave blow past him, waiting for the dust to settle so he could inspect his handy work.
Hisen had been able to use his chakra to create a powerful chakra shield to protect him and all of his men, stopping the elemental chakra blast without taking any damage at all.
"W-What!" Kakuzu yelled, seeing Hisen standing before him, somehow having stopped his attack and protecting all of his men without so much as a scratch.
"Now, I'm going to show you the power of the Waterfall! Kakuzu!!!" Hisen yelled, letting his chakra burst to life as it became visible to the naked eye.
"What is that chakra..." Kakuzu said, feeling the power that Hisen was emanating from his body.
"That's not possible!" Kakuzu shouted, watching in surprise as Hisen suddenly disappeared.
"Argghhhhh!" Kakuzu yelled as a fist burst through his body, ripping through one of the hearts in his back, causing Kakuzu to almost drop to the floor as he got a good look at Hisen.
"You... Bast." He started to say, only to be interrupted by Hisen who jumped into the air and slammed a spinning heel kick into his face, sending him flying through the air with serious power.
Everyone watched in amazement, seeing Hisen suddenly gain a huge amount of power and save them, giving them all a serious confidence boost, cheering for their leader.
Even the rest of the Leaf's forces had come to watch the battle now, having questions as to how all of them were still alive after witnessing the powerful chakra blast from before.
"No... He didn't..." One of the Captains of the waterfall ninja said, getting the attention of the others.
"What is it captain, what has happened to lord Hisen?" Another of the ninja asked.
"There is only one thing I can think of that would give one such a power boost." The captain said, lowering his head, building the suspense for everyone as they waited for him to spit it out.
"He must have drank the Hero water..."
"Hero water, what is that?" Iseto asked, not being the only one who wanted to know.
"The hero water is a special almost divine water. Only a small amount of it is produced once every 100 years by our life tree. Whoever drinks the hero water will have their power boosted by over tenfold. However, In exchange for this power, the water shortens the user's life span proportional to the number of times their chakra is increased." He said, watching as Hisen continued to smash Kakuzu around like a rag doll, getting a solum look from the others.
"No..." Kakuzu said, feeling the beating he was getting from Hisen killing him, not even able to counter attack or defend himself as he was now down to only two masks left.
"Why you!!!" Kakuzu screamed, unleashing a powerful fire and wind combo, creating a huge blast as it headed for Hisen.
"That won't work anymore." Hisen said, extending his hands as he created a chakra shield, deflecting the blast away from him with ease.
"I won't let you kill anymore of my men. Your betrayal of our village will fianlly be answered for, once and for all, Kakuzu!" Hisen yelled, dashing forwards as he gripped Kakuzu by the neck, holding him into the air.
Kakuzu wasn't about to give up there though, using all of his spider legs to attack with, hoping to crush Hisen with one final attack, only to feel them be ripped away from his body.
Kakuzu tried to scream, but felt the pressure from Hisens grip cut off his vocal cords ability to make any sound.
"My power has been boosted by over tenfold thanks to the hero water," Hisen said, causing Kakuzu to raise an eyebrow.
"Thats right... You know all about that, don't you." Hisen said before he tossed Kakuzu through the air before he slammed into the trees, breaking through the first two before crashing into another where he bounced off the trunk onto the ground.
"ARGHH!!!" Kakuzu yelled, feeling the pain spread all around him as another of his masks broke from the force, leaving him with only one heart left.
"No... No... NOOO!!!" Kakuzu yelled, not excepting what was happening to him, letting his scream echo into the heavens above.
Hisen didn't even flinch as he walked over toward him, glowing with power before he stopped to look down at him.
"How does it feel Kakuzu? How does it feel to be helpless?" Hisen said.
"Fuck you!" Kakuzu roared, trying to attack him one last time with a punch, having lost his long-distance form thanks to the death of his masked creatures.
Hisen easily stepped to the side before slamming his knee into Kakuzu's body, knocking the wind from him before he dropped to the ground.
Suddenly wires burst from the ground next to Hisen's feet, wrapping around his legs and body as Kakuzu tried to pin him down, hoping that he could finish him with a surprise attack from below.
"That's enough!" Hisen yelled, ripping the wires away with brute force before he kicked Kakuzu in the face like a football, sending him flying through the tree trunk behind him and into a cliffside wall, embedding his body in the rock from the force.
"This is for all of the Waterfall shinobi that you have killed over the years. This is for our people and for our village." Hisen said, letting a large amount of chakra build up in his fist.
"No... No don't!" Kakuzu yelled, knowing that this was the end.
"And finally. This is for my father!" Hisen roared, throwing one final punch at Kakuzu's chest, ripping through his body and destroying his last and final heart, creating such a powerful shockwave that his punch created a hole in the cliff ten meters deep, cracking it in half and leaving nothing remaining of Kakuzu's torso.
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Thats the end of this chapter I hope you enjoyed it.