Gato had tipped off Mist Ninja about Zabuza's whereabouts.
An Elite Jonin and an Ice Release ninja...
They were highly valuable.
After some deliberation, Mist Ninja decided to send Anbu to capture Zabuza.
After further deliberation, Mei Terumi overruled all opposition and decided to act personally.
"I understand Zabuza. He is an ambitious man. If we want to truly bring him under Mist Ninja's command, I have to go myself."
Thus, Mei Terumi arrived in the Land of Waves, only to find Zabuza preparing to retire into the mountains and surrender everything he had.
"You are... Mei Terumi!"
Zabuza recognized her. Looking at the surrounding Mist Ninja Anbu, he assumed they had come to hunt him down and could not help giving a self-mocking smile.
"Sure enough... no ninja can escape their fate..."
Ninja killed people, and one day, they too would be killed... He did not find it strange that his turn had come. Wanting to retire safely had been somewhat naive of him.
"Haku, I am dragging you down again."
"Zabuza-sama, how can you say that? You should understand how I feel."
"I was wrong, Haku..."
Watching the two hold hands with sweet smiles on their faces, Mei Terumi felt an ache in her nonexistent balls.
Though she did not have any, she still felt the pain.
"Zabuza, how did you become like this?"
Where was his ambition? His madness? His iron will?
"I found the person I cherish most."
Seeing Mei Terumi's disgusted expression, Zabuza said flatly, "Mei Terumi, you still have not gotten married?"
He had hit exactly where it hurt. Zabuza had precisely poked Mei Terumi's sore spot.
Even men had found men, yet she had found no one...
How tragic!
With a dark expression, Mei Terumi abandoned her original plan of appealing to