[Naruto] The Legend of Xuan Ying (Sakura Sakura)

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The original intention of the birth of art is the desire for a kind of empathy. From this perspective, it is not much different from the idealistic pursuit of peace.

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___"Ninja Disqualification"

"Hmph, Kakashi, look at your expression, you, this student, are hiding very deep." Sui, who maintained the water prison, said mockingly to Kakashi, and Zabuza himself had already started fighting with Sakura.

The two jounin-level sword skills cut through the fog, and their murderous auras were also fighting, making the air even colder.

Sasuke was able to follow the trajectory of the sword technique under the influence of Sharingan, but he did not have enough understanding of it, but Kakashi who was trapped in the water prison was different.

With his eyesight, he could see that whether it was Zabuza, the demon who was born in the Blood Mist Village, or his own student Haruno Sakura, who was supposed to have only received a ninja school education, those attacks and defenses were clearly directed at the fatal point. Skills that require specialized training to develop.

Kakashi felt some reproach in his heart for being still used to being suspicious at this moment, and it reminded him of his nickname from the ANBU era in a funny way.

He didn't want the day to come when there would be students with hand blades.

Closing his eyes, he washed away unnecessary thoughts for the time being.

When she opened her eyes again, the female ninja seemed to dislike being in the way and took the time to tear off the left sleeve of the floating haori. Hatake Kakashi took a closer look and saw that among the crimson color on the female ninja's slender upper arms, there were obviously tattoos belonging to ANBU members!

In this way, it seems that many doubts can be explained.

"Sakura, stop it. With your strength, it's still too late. Leave me alone. Aren't you an auxiliary ninja who doesn't like fighting? This is an order. Take Naruto, Sasuke and Mr. Tazuna and run away!"

Even so, ordinary ANBU members would not be able to defeat Momochi Zabuza. Seeing the new scratches on the student's body, and the wounds on his abdomen that had stained his clothes, Hatake Kakashi clenched his fists.

"Tsk, Kakashi-sensei, just like you said you would not let your companions die in front of you. Although I am unbearable, I am also a Konoha ninja who believes in the will of fire."

Sakura still had a smile on her face, as if she was enjoying the life-and-death fight, but she was gradually losing ground in the taijutsu battle that she was least good at.

Even at the peak of adrenaline, when the impulse and joy of fighting filled her entire brain, she was still unable to overcome her discomfort with the blade and her fear of pain.

[Liar, he is obviously a natural master of physical arts]

As if a voice was vibrating in her head, Haruno Sakura suddenly felt an unusual sense of dissociation.

The girl was in a daze, vaguely feeling that the memories of the past were pulling her rusty limbs.

Maybe she just used this to cling to the remaining traces of her previous life, so as not to lose her humanity in this fallen ninja world.

"Besides, when did I look like someone who would obey orders obediently?"

Ah, I really can't become a qualified ninja.

At the moment of life and death confrontation, a sigh suddenly appeared in Sakura's mind.

Where's the ninja?

She thought of the ideals of those two teenagers, and that they had never been afraid of fighting or sacrifice. They were real ninjas.

"Ninjas are the ones who protect peace in the dark."

Forcibly suppressing the urge to break out from deep in the bone marrow, Haruno Sakura once again rebuilt the determination that had been buried for many years in her heart.

"You want to be nameless ninjas who sacrifice themselves for others, but I want to praise your ruthless greatness to the world."

Sakura stepped back, thrust her ninja sword into the ground, and raised her hand to form a seal.

Ordinary ninjas rarely use escape techniques in fierce close combat. Most powerful techniques require more seals, and that tiny gap is enough to kill them eight hundred times on the battlefield. After all, ninjas who can learn nature changes are usually among the elite Jōnin, and the same is naturally true of their opponents.

Zabuza laughed, scoffing at how the ninja in front of him was inexperienced in fighting. It was obvious that the enemy had a wide range of weapons, and he even thought about using escape techniques in such close combat.

Simple techniques cannot turn the tide of the battle, and advanced techniques will not give her a chance to complete the seal. In the end, she will die.

Not far away, Naruto was observing the battle situation in a cold sweat. He had not seen Sakura and Kakashi-sensei during the Genin Survival Trial, and he could not let go of the situation in front of him.

"Naruto, it's time."

The magatama in Sasuke's eyes flashed rapidly, and suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had caught an opportunity, and he unfolded the Fuma Shuriken in his hand.

"Water Release" Haruno Sakura raised her hand and formed several Water Release seals.

"Is this seal a water wave? Unfortunately, it's too slow!" Zabuza smiled confidently and raised his beheading sword, cutting Haruno Sakura in two.

"Is this one?" The man holding the big knife was surprised to see that the figure in front of him had not changed and was still standing there.

"It's almost time to finish."

Haruno Sakura's true body appeared behind Zabuza, and a blue water escape whip appeared on her fingertips and whipped onto Kirigakure Kito's back.

"Water escape. Water whip technique."

At the same time, Sasuke and Naruto had used a perfect combination to defeat Zabuza's water trap and released Hatake Kakashi from the water prison.

"Ugh!" A mouthful of blood seeped out from Zabuza's sealing cloth. He was sitting and lying under a giant tree: "Impossible, what happened to that technique? The seal you made just now is clearly a water escape!"

"Unfortunately, I will undoubtedly lose if you compete with swordsmen, but you can't keep up with my illusion and teleportation techniques."

"I see, is it Shisui's Shunjin Jutsu? I've seen it on the battlefield once. But a genjutsu? When?"

"That's right, it's Shisui's teleportation technique. It's a genjutsu."

"The medium of illusion is the track of "Drift", right? It's really brilliant." Kakashi, who was freed from the water prison, rushed to Sakura with his client and two other students, covering his left eye with one hand and asked road.

"As expected of Kakashi-sensei. Yes, the trajectory of the sword can also be used as a means to cast illusions. This is also something I learned from Shisui."

"I'm afraid Sakura is the only one who possesses Shisui's teleportation technique to this level. A master of teleportation and illusion, I seem to be seeing Uchiha Shisui reincarnated. It seems that in the future, I, as a teacher, can get involved with my students. Glory."

Kakashi lowered his eyes, staring deeply at the Kirigakure ninja who fell under the tree, and asked the student another question: "I've been wanting to ask it since just now, Sakura, ghost brother."

"It's me. When I was changing clothes, you noticed it, didn't you?" Sakura put the Drift Knife back into its sheath, glanced at her two teammates, put her fingertips on her lips, and gestured "Shhh" to the silver-haired jounin. Action: "Although it is my creed to be gentle, courteous and thrifty, when necessary."

Naruto's face was full of confusion, and he didn't understand what his teacher and teammates were saying at all. Sasuke's dark eyes turned a little more thoughtful after closing his Sharingan.

"Yes." Kakashi replied briefly. He originally sent a shadow clone to go back and eradicate the ghost brothers who were tied to the spot. After returning, he found that the two people had died a long time ago, and their arteries had been cleanly opened.

The genius jounin's head was running rapidly, but there was nothing unusual about his appearance. He asked in the same tone as usual: "Speaking of which, it's a bit late to ask. Sakura, are you okay with your injury?"

"Kakashi-sensei, you didn't even think of caring about me until now. That's too much."

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry, aren't you surprised by Sakura's strength?" The jounin apologized perfunctorily, smiling with his eyes of different colors.

"Well, for the sake of Kakashi-sensei's good looks, I forgive you." Haruno Sakura also joked perfunctorily, and then looked at Uzumaki Naruto who was standing next to the Jonin with a serious expression: "What? Maybe it's okay, but it's so serious, it hurts me to death! Naruto, a ninja can't always rush in like this!"

"I'm sorry Sakura-chan, it's all my fault that you got hurt." The usually bright blue eyes of the blond genin suddenly dimmed, and he lowered his head, clearly downcast but like a spoiled brat.

Wow, everyone in my seventh class is so cute!

Haruno Sakura sighed in her heart. She had always believed that beautiful roses would be forgiven even if they had thorns, and she never denied that she was a vulgar visual animal.

"Yeah, it's okay if you know you're wrong. Go and kiss Sasuke and I'll forgive you!" She said to Naruto with a smile. Her smile sounded like a teammate of the same age, more like the care from an elder.

"Are you kidding! Why do I have to talk to this guy!" shouted the black-haired boy who was suddenly mentioned. He looked at his golden-haired teammates beside him in disbelief, as if he was seriously considering whether to comply.

"Oh, okay, Sakura, please stop teasing them. It seems like your injury is not serious, right?" Seeing that the topic was once again diverted by the uneasy students, Kakashi Hatake sighed. tone.

"Ah, the wound is not deep and has healed for 80%. After all, I am a genius medical ninja."

The two teenagers felt relieved after hearing this, assuming that the healing was due to the function of medical ninjutsu.

Only Hatake Kakashi, who has a deep understanding of medical ninjutsu, knows how advanced and rare it is to have medical ninjutsu that heals oneself without any seals or in the form of palm senjutsu.

His eyes wandered around the female student for several times, integrating countless clues, and he had a guess in his mind and no longer struggled.

more importantly

"Sakura, why do you need to heal to 80? You are a medical ninja and you should know better than me. It is better to let the injury heal itself unless necessary. It will shorten your life. Don't do this in the future, even though you refused just now Listen to my order to retreat, but are you still willing to obey this order?"

"It hurts to know that I know. Instead of worrying about whether I will stay in this sad world for one less day, it is better to make this moment more enjoyable. And there is nothing like losing my life."

Loss of life is not important at all. After all, I sometimes think that if there is a way to eliminate any pain and fear of the unknown, I would be happy to erase my existence forever at this moment.

Hatake Kakashi was silent.

Sakura didn't say the next words. She smiled slightly at Kakashi and said, "You're just kidding. I'm still Kakashi-sensei's psychiatrist now. I should set an example and cherish myself more."

I often think that if there were you and this world where Team 7 existed, it would be nice to be more attached to it.

Her eyes lingered on the two teammates for a round, and finally returned to Hatake Kakashi, raised the corners of her mouth higher, and said:

"But since it is Kakashi-sensei's order, if I get injured again, Kakashi-sensei must take the responsibility to comfort me and relieve my pain and itching."

I always felt that there was something wrong with this answer. Several adults present were thinking this in their hearts. Kakashi, who has been reading all kinds of popular literature for many years, especially "Intimate Love in Heaven", quickly brought the topic back to the right track before others had other thoughts:

"Then what should we do with Kirigakure Kijin next, Sakura?"

"Well, how about selling it for money? But there may not be a money exchange in the Land of Waves." Sakura looked excited and raised the water escape whip in her hand.

However, a sudden change occurred. Thousands of thin needles flew out and pierced Zabuza's neck. A masked man in the shape of a young man suddenly appeared on the tree trunk next to him.

"Humph, really, he's really dead."

"Sakura." Kakashi warned the stranger while using his medical ninja.

Haruno Sakura closed her eyes, took a deep breath to force herself to calm down, squatted down and reached out to touch Zabuza's neck.

"There is no doubt." Sakura stood up, raised her hand to lift her bangs that covered her eyes, and looked at Kakashi with a meaningful look: "His pulse has stopped."

Want to expose it? Haruno Sakura was thinking in her heart.

Then she recalled the considerations at the top.

"Thank you so much. I've been looking for someone who can definitely kill Zabuza." The masked boy bowed his head slightly in greeting.

"Your mask means you are a member of Kirigakure's ninja hunting force." Kakashi looked up at him.

"It's really not easy, you actually know my identity."

"Ninja hunting force?" Naruto asked loudly with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Yes, my mission is to hunt down the escaped ninjas. I am part of the Kirigakure ninja hunting force."

"" Judging from his voice and size, he should be about the same age as Naruto and the others. He looks like a ninja hunting force and he is not an ordinary kid.

Kakashi glanced at the boy wearing the ANBU mask, then glanced at Uzumaki Naruto, and finally turned his attention to his only female student.

Haruno Sakura responded with a smile.

"What are you talking about! Who the hell are you!" Naruto shouted with an inexplicable fire in his heart.

"Don't worry Naruto, he is not an enemy." Kakashi looked away and said to Naruto.

"That's not what I'm asking! That Zabuza and that Zabuza were killed by him! Such a powerful guy, even Kakashi-sensei was trapped, but he was killed by a kid who looked as big as me. ! Then Sasuke and I, don’t we look like fools? How can I be convinced!”

"Naruto, you." Sakura suppressed the violence in her eyes, took another deep breath and said "gentle, respectful and accommodating", then raised her head and said to the boy on the tree: "If you don't kill it, we won't care, you can do whatever you want. .”

"Forget it Naruto, I can understand your reluctance to believe it." Kakashi did not stop Sakura from making her own decisions, but turned around to comfort Naruto: "But this is reality. In this world, there are people better than you. Small, but a more powerful brat than me."

He raised his hand to press Naruto's wild blond hair, and looked pointedly in the direction of Haruno Sakura: "You think so? Sakura."

"Sakura-chan" Naruto felt the weight on his head, and his frivolity and impulse were suppressed. Only then did he finally recall that the person who defeated Zabuza just now was a teammate of his own age and a girl he had a crush on: Haruno Sakura.

"Then" the boy on the tree turned into a gust of breeze and appeared next to Zabuza's body in an instant: "The battle between you guys has come to an end here. I still have to deal with this corpse. After all, this corpse There are so many secrets”

He carried Zabuza, who was much taller than him, and raised his hands to form a seal: "Then I'll take my leave first."