Ch 14 : The battle of the bridge

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During the next few days, Sanada resumed the training of the three disciples.

Hibachi and Ami eventually succeeded in completing the tree-climbing exercise and were now ready to proceed to the next stage of the training, the water walking exercise.

Sasuke stopped coming after the second day when Kakashi had recovered and trained with his own team. However, he was surprised when he saw Kakashi actually gave them the same training method as Sanada.

And as for Sakura, Sanada had decided to stop the chakra nature training after Sakura was able to make half of the leaf wet with water.

It was the current limit of Sakura, and going any further would not help her at all. Instead, Sanada was going for a more practical skill.

" Karakusagawara Seiken! "

Sakura punched the empty air in front of her, but unlike Sanada's, nothing had happened when the fist struck the air.

Theoretically, Sakura should be able to master this technique after he was able to somehow sense and move the droplets in the air, but until now, she seemed to reach a wall that blocked her from going any further.

Sakura looked really disappointed as she didn't see any progress even after trying her best. But at this time, Sanada came to comfort her.

" It's okay. No one succeeds in the first try." Said Sanada. "Let's go back to old man Tazuna's house right now. I will cook dinner for you guys."

Sanada's words somehow were always able to bring a smile to Sakura's face. She no longer looked disappointed and quickly followed Sanada and the other two disciples to return to Old man Tazuna's house.

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The next day, Sanada, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi, who had recovered his health, were going to have a look at the bridge with Tazuna.

They knew that even if there was no problem know, it was only the calm before the storm.

Until all the workers stop working on the bridge, Gato will definitely not let it go!

But when everyone arrived gathered, Sanada found that Naruto was not there and asked, "Kakashi, where is Naruto?"

"He's still sleeping." Answered Kakashi, a bit embarrassed. " And you, where are your two other disciples? Don't tell me they are sleeping with Naruto?"

Sanada smiled at Kakashi's question and replied, " I gave them the task to protect Ms. Tsunami. If I'm not wrong, Mr. Tazuna is the backbone of this project, and Gato would definitely target Tsunami sooner or later."

"*Sigh* Always calm and level-headed, aren't you? Sometimes I think that you have changed, but I don't know where the changes are..."

As Kakashi's voice fell, Sanada only smiled and didn't respond. There's no way that he could tell Kakashi that the old Sanada had been replaced by him. Even though he had all the memory of the previous Sanada, the soul was different, and it was inevitable that there would be some noticeable difference from before.

In fact, Sanada also knew that Naruto was still sleeping soundly in Tazuna's house, but as to not arouse Kakashi's suspicion, he still decided to ask anyway.

When Sanada left the house, he gave Tsunami a small note and told her to wait until Naruto woke up to give it to him.

Regarding this, although Tsunami was a little puzzled, she didn't say much. She thought that it was a ninja's matter, and it was not her right to intrude.

After a few days of sharing the same roof, Sanada's and Tsunami's relationship has been a lot better. They shared some moments together, and even though their relationship was not as close as a lover's, the two could be said as a pretty good friend.

It was already noon when the group arrived at the bridge, and the sun was shining bright above their head.

However, Sanada and Kakashi immediately noticed something was wrong when they stepped on the bridge.

The mist was appearing at a very high rate, and it was definitely not a normal phenomenon.

" Enemy is coming, be ready, Sakura!" Signaled Sanada to Sakura, who immediately got into a defensive position to protect Tazuna.

Sasuke also didn't want to lose. Without the need of Kakashi to remind him, he had stood next to Sakura with the same defensive posture.

At this moment, four Zabuza Momochi appeared in front of them.

" Long time no see Kakashi... and.. umm... a mob I don't know the name.."

But as soon as Zabuza spoke, and even before Sanada could tsukkomi, the four Zabuza immediately disappeared and turned into a puddle of water.

" I'm trembling.. trembling from excitement!"

Just like in the anime and manga, Sasuke had successfully learned how to climb trees without using his hand in these few days and was able to apply it to boost his speed like how Sakura used in the battle against him. He slashed four of Zabuza's figures and turned them back into the water before reappearing again with a typical Uchiha smirk.

" Hmm.. he saw through the water clones. That brat has grown..." Commented Zabuza at Sasuke's performance just now.

" Well, well... It seems my prediction was right... That little mask.." Said Kakashi as he stared at the figure next to Zabuza, which was none other than Haku.

Yup, everything was going according to the plot, and for now, Sanada didn't have any plan to interfere.

" Haku, take this brat on a one-on-one!" Zabuza said.

And immediately, Haku's figure turned into a whirlwind whizzing past as he went towards Sasuke.

(Clang!) x2

A needle and a kunai parried each other's attack. Haku was confronting Sasuke one-on-one, while Sanada and Sakura were watching from the side.

" Umm.. sensei, shouldn't we move right now?" Said Sakura as she worried about Sasuke. Even though the feeling has slowly deteriorated, Sakura was still worried that Sasuke wouldn't be able to handle that masked figure.

" Nah, don't worry. It will be over soon." Said Sanada lazily.

" You mean, that masked person is not the opponent of Sasuke?" Sakura widened her eyes in shock as she thought that the masked person was pretty strong.

" No, it's the exact opposite. Sasuke is just trash compared to the other man. Remember Sakura, Uchihas are overrated."

Sakura: " .... "