It was raining like usual in the land of water, wind blew harshly at everything in its wake pulling trees to the side and uprooting some others. The howling noises of the wind accompanied by the occasional boom of thunder rattled the windows, As lightning flashed through the skies. Akira was in the meeting room of Gato while he complained about how his shinobi couldn't kill the bridge builder.
He was enraged that no one could manage to kill the helpless old man and wouldn't stop complaining instead of sending better people. It seemed that Zabuza had enough as well as he finally cleared his throat and glared at Gato "Look here, I'll kill The Bridge Builder alright, and I better get paid for it." he growled out. Akira looked up at him from her spot in the chair beside him, her head in her hand and looked over at Haku who met her gaze. They both shared a look before sighing and smiling softly. The two of them were best friends and Zabuza treated them like family, even if they were being used as tools he cared for them.
Gato looked enthralled "Yes, yes that can be arranged, now leave me be!" Akira stood up as did Zabuza and Haku. Zabuza walked out the door and the two of them followed right behind. Haku was a few inches taller than Akira and a year older than her as well which caused him to treat her like a younger sister along with a friend. They trusted each other with many things as they'd known each other since they both were very young. Zabuza looked behind him as the two of them talked and chuckled lightly, he led through the hallways until they reached the main entrance that lead outside. "Alright you two, I want both of you prepared although we'll get through this easily." He said, his voice in a tone he reserved only for the two children he had taken under his wing. They nodded and when Zabuza opened the doors they all disappeared.
They ran along the treetops until Zabuza motioned for them to stop, they all landed on some branches and looked around. On the road there was a leaf village shinobi, Kakashi: The copy cat ninja if Akira remembered correctly. It seemed he had a team of genins and was protecting the bridge builder. Zabuza chuckled lowly "Oh what a lucky day. I'm going in, you two stay back. You know what to do if anything goes bad." He whispered before vanishing and reappearing a little ways away from the team after he made a warning swipe at them. The fight that ensued was entertaining to the two still in the tree but they couldn't help but worry. Akira's eye's widened as Zabuza leaned against a tree for support, his eyes flickered towards them quickly and that was all the sign that Akira needed "Haku." she whispered warningly. Haku nodded and threw two senbon needles into Zabuza's neck, he quickly fell to the ground and Haku went to retrieve him in his disguise.
Once they had him set in a dry spot far away from the team they took the needles out. A few minutes later Zabuza woke up and let out a pained sigh before coughing and looking weakly at the two of them before passing out again. Akira was about to say something before he passed out but ended up biting her lip and sighing "Come on Haku, let's get him in our room."
They picked him up and disappeared in a flurry of movement. They were careful with their movements as they brought him back to the house and bandaged and nursed his wounds. Akira had fallen asleep, bent over Zabuza with her head resting on his shoulder and had missed the moment with Gato storming in there to argue. Zabuza sighed and moved his arm slowly to pet her head after it was over and soon fell back asleep.
A few days past of them resting up before they headed back. The bridge was nearly complete then and they ambushed the team. Zabuza was in the middle, Haku on the right and Akira on the left. They faced team 7 and went to attack, Zabuza took Kakashi, Haku took Sasuke and Akira took to help him in his battle. She ran along the edge of the bridge before promptly jumping over to the top of the ice mirrors. She stood with her feet crossed on top of a mirror, her sense of balance keeping her placed. As Haku attacked fearlessly Akira started to do hand signs, she quickly went through them before landing on one she opened her eyes, them a startling pink and yelled "Fire Style: Shepherds Song!" She quickly maneuvered her arms and a ring of flames encircled her.
She raised her arm quickly to the sky and the fire lashed out before morphing into a dragons head and colliding with Sasuke full force while he was distracted. She was about to jump for joy when a Kunai sliced at her arm and caused her to fall off the wall. She hit the ground and a very loud cracking noise filled the area, in her haste and surprise Akira didn't brace herself for the impact and shattered her right ankle. She screamed in agony as she gripped at her leg, Haku was hit as he was startled by her scream and went to help her. But before he could Akira looked over at Zabuza before he was going to be hit and got up and tried to run over, Haku quickly looked and raced after her and got in front of Zabuza before she could. Haku died from that hit which caused tears to stream down Akira's face, Zabuza died soon after and Akira ended up passing out from both shock and pain.
When she awoke she was in a room she didn't recognize and her ankle had been partly healed and bandaged. She got up slowly and noticed that she had been changed into an oversized shirt. She wobbled over to the door with a wooden crutch she had found and nearly collapsed again from the mere shock of seeing the team she tried to kill a few feet in front of her. Kakashi looked up at her "Oh, Hello Akira. Come on and eat." She stayed where she was as she was scared as to how he had known her name. Kakashi sighed with a sweatdrop "Zabuza called out your name when you broke your ankle." She slowly nodded and made her way to the table. It was just Kakashi sitting there and a plate of eggs, bacon, grits and toast was on the table with a glass of milk.
She slowly sat down and began to eat after she inspected it. After awhile of Kakashi reading and Akira eating, the male cleared his throat and looked at Akira "So Akira…How would you like to head back to Konoha and become part of my team?" Akira set her utensils down and thought for a few moments. "…Sure…I'd…I'd like that a lot." she finally said and let a soft smile on her face. She had nothing to hate about these people, the only reason they attacked was because they were hired to. So she thought that this could be a nice change, Zabuza and Haku wouldn't have wanted her to grieve. She coughed with a wheeze and patted her chest a few times before sighing. Kakashi's eye's crinkled around the edges signifying a smile "Well that's good, you seem like you'd be a good teammate."
Clear Skies (Kankuro X OC) by Innerdelusionkid

