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Battle on the Bridge! The secret Jutsu: Crystal Ice mirrors!

Riku's group had made it to the bridge and they were met with a shocking sight, Tazuna stared trembling in horror. "Wait…what the hell happened here?!" he said looking at his crew the bridge over the week had extended all the way to a few feet away from the land of fire. But the crew, were all over the ground bruises starting to form on their bodies moaning in pain. "Someone was here someone got to them!" he said frantically.

"Could it be?" Kakashi asked himself, in his thoughts. It was just then a familiar fog filled the area. "This mist…" He muttered.

"Oh no…" Riku muttered.

"Kakashi sensei he's back!" Kiki said in alarm.

"Riku, Kiki, get ready!" he said as they gathered around Tazuna. Both readied their Kunai as Tazuna gritted his teeth. "I knew he'd be back. He just couldn't wait for round two."

"Sorry to keep you waiting Kakashi." Zabuza sneered in the mist. "I see you've still got those brats with you." he said glancing at Kiki who was shaking. "The Girl is still trembling, how pathetic." He said, Kiki gasped as they were surrounded by Zabuza and his water clones.

Kiki merely breathed and narrowed her eyes. "I'm trembling, because I'm angry at the pain you and your boss have caused this land." She said.

"Kiki, Riku show them." Kakashi simply said. Kiki wove hand signs insantly.

"Wood Style, Giant Forest Jutsu!" Large wooden spears shot out of her arm and pierced two of the clones. Riku with a flash of speed sliced through the other three with his Kunai.

The two landed on their feet side by side, "So none of them were real." Kiki said.

"Yeah," Riku replied glancing at her, "I saw it…."

"Oooh, so you took out my water clones, the brats have improved." Zabuza said as he and Haku stepped into view. "Looks like you've got Rivals Haku."

"So it seems." Haku agreed as the five Ninja stared each other down.

"Well, well," Kakashi said breaking the silence. "So I had it right. It was all an act with a cute little mask."

"Wait, are you saying these two are partners?!" Kiki asked in shock.

"Pretty much, the phony has a lot of nerve showing his face here again or mask I should say." Riku replied.

"That makes way too much sense…" Tazuna sighed. "All that stuff about being a tracker Ninja protecting his village was just a bunch of Bull."

"I'd say they've been pulling scams like the one they pulled on us all the time." Kakashi replied. "Who does he think he is? Hiding behind that mask like some sort of clown." Kakashi said in an intimidating tone.

"That's the sensei who gave us our first mission brief…jeeze that seems like ages ago but it's only been two weeks." Riku thought to himself before glaring right at Haku, ready to take him out.

"They're impressive." Haku said while Zabuza let out a grunt. "Even though they were one tenth the strength of the Original Water Clone Jutsu, they did destroy them all."

"That move still gave us the advantage. Do it!" Zabuza said.

"Right," Haku said spinning at fast as he could towards the two.

"Whoa!" Kiki gasped.

"What the-?!" Riku said as Haku got closer.

"I got him!" Riku said pulling out two Kunai close to his shoulders as the wind got close, Riku spun in the opposite direction managing to catch two Soba needles with his Kunai they pushed against each other for a bit. Before pushing each other away, Riku threw a kick that Haku easily dodged and swung with his needles. Riku blocked them every time noticing he was starting to see the movements but he had to concentrate. He blocked the needles once again this time more firmly the two stayed like that for a bit trying to overpower the other.

"So he can keep up with Haku's speed huh?" Zabuza asked.

"Mm hmm." Kakashi said firmly, before glancing back at Kiki. "Kiki cover Tazuna."

"You got it!" Kiki replied firmly ready to strike at any time someone threatened Zabuza. Riku and Haku parted for a second clashing left than right, then right again. Kiki watched them closely at times it almost seemed like they hadn't moved. Then they broke apart going a little bit wider. And then rushed at each other arms back and clashing with each other with a very swift spin. It went one way then the other. It was almost like a Dance. The two then rushed at each other midway through the third and clashed again. The sound of Metal sliding and scraping against each other in a battle to overpower each other

Riku held his Kunai against the Soba Needle as much as he could. "We want the bridge builder not you, if you back down I won't have to kill you." Haku warned.

"No way, whether Gato likes it or not, we're breaking his hold on this country and not even you or Zabuza will stop us!" Riku growled glaring at him.

"You're making a mistake." Haku warned. "You won't be able to keep up with my speed."

"I've been doing pretty well so far." Riku said smirking.

"That's only because I haven't used my two advantages." Haku warned.

"Advantages? By which you mean?" Riku asked not breaking his hold but a look of confusion could be seen in his eyes.

"First we're surrounded by water," Haku replied referring to the water that had been spilt all over the bridge when he and Kiki had destroyed them. "Second I've locked one of your hands." Haku added referring to the small weapon war going on Kunai to Soba Needle. "You only have one free hand to defend yourself."

"So do you!" Riku growled pushing harder.

"So you think, but…" Haku replied lifting his free hand and doing a hand sign.

"What?! Using only one hand!?" Riku gasped in his thoughts eyes widening. And to his horror, Haku began moving his hand to make clear hand signs.

"Hand signs with a Single hand? I've never seen that before!" Kakashi gasped.

"This isn't good, Riku!" Kiki called out to him. "Riku, be careful!"

Riku heard her but couldn't respond as he gulped, there was no way to tell, what kind of Ninjutsu it was he didn't know to run or stop Haku from performing the move. In any case it was too late.

"Water Style: A Thousand Needles of death!" He stomped his foot the water around them rose.

"He doesn't want to kill the kid?" Zabuza asked himself watching carefully. "What are you up to Haku?"

"Riku!" Kiki called as she and Tazuna watched.

Riku gasped as he was surrounded by thin water needles all poised to pierce every point of his body. Kakashi watched in horror looking up there was no way for Riku to dodge except for up.

Riku knew this too and calmed himself and began focusing holding his free hand to channel and control his chakra. "Remember your training." He remembered training he did running up the tree marking climbing to the top. "Focus my chakra and gather it to my feet." He thought to himself as the needles rushed.

"RIKU!" Kakashi and Kiki cried out.

"Now!" Riku thought leaping high into the air as the needles hit the ground in a small explosion that Haku and backed away from with a bit of a stumble. Riku gasped in shock seeing the land of fire stretching out before him with the land of waves before him. He refocused down on the battle Haku was looking right up at him in shock. He took the time to throw several Shuriken which Haku managed to dodge. Then Riku came up behind him.

"Gotcha, now you'll be defending against my attacks." Riku said smirking as Haku suddenly disappeared. Riku quickly followed him. Spinning to meet his needle he did so but also used his free hand to throw another Kunai making Haku duck but as quickly as he did Riku quickly lowered himself down and landed a massive kick on Haku's face knocking him down and made him skid across the cement in the puddles that were all over the place.

Zabuza stared in awe and disbelief. "It's not possible; no one is faster than Haku!" He growled in his thoughts.

"Guess you're not as fast as you thought." Riku remarked, Haku growled as got to his feet, glaring at the Konoha rookie through his mask

"You made a big mistake insulting these Ninja and calling them brats." Kakashi said simply to Zabuza. "All you've done is make Riku work even harder to prove you wrong. And he's the best young fighter in the Hidden Leaf Village." He glanced at Kiki. "And Kiki here is the best young Ninjutsu user in the Hidden Leaf village." Kiki grinned proudly at this, smirking at Zabuza and Haku. "And last but certainly not there's Naruto, our Number one Gutsy Ninja!"

Zabuza wasn't impressed, he just growled. Naruto wasn't here, but of course Kakashi would flaunt all three, just because his scrub of a student got lucky. Haku had to be holding back. That was the only explanation. He laughed a little causing Riku and Kiki to glare at them.

"Haku, if we keep going like this we'll be the victims instead of them." He said frowning, through the wrappings on his face. "Get on with it!" he growled as Haku got to his feet.

"Right," he said simply looking right at them. It was then Chakra began flowing around him like a mist and Riku could feel a slight chill in the air.

"What's that?" Riku growled eyes narrowing.

"I'm sorry it's come to this." Haku said emotionless.

"The air is getting colder…" Riku muttered. As Haku brought up his hands and did an unrecognizable combination ending with a hand sign that Riku had never seen before.

"Ice Style: Crystal ice mirrors!" Haku declared. It was then ice began rising and forming into strong mirror like sheets of ice. Riku watched as he began to get surrounded, he couldn't bring himself to move as Zabuza smiled under the wrappings on his face. Riku growled as he found himself trapped.

"What is that?" Kiki said to Kakashi sensei as she and the others watched.

"I don't know, but I've got a bad feeling…" Kakashi muttered.

"Damn it I should've moved, now he's got me right where he wants me…but what does this Jutsu do…? I've never seen anything like it." Riku growled in his thoughts. Haku finished the Jutsu and made his way inside the mirrors. Instantly Haku's image was in all the mirrors. "They're mirrors…?" Riku's eyes darted from one to another, seeing the same image on all of them

Kakashi growled and ran towards the mirrors only to be blocked by Zabuza. "If you enter this fight, you fight me…." Zabuza growled. "Your boy has no chance against that jutsu, he's finished."

Riku looked around finding himself surrounded, by images of Haku. "Now we'll begin." Haku said coldly. "And I'll show you what speed really means." He said raising his arms and then started throwing Soba needles. One slashed right on Riku's right side tearing his right sleeve then the other side. He groaned in pain. Then they began to barrage him knocking the Kunai from his hand, his groan becoming a scream of surprise and pain.

"Riku!" Kakashi cried out.

"Just try and help him and I'll kill the other two in a heartbeat." Zabuza snarled with a sick grin seen under the wrappings.

"Riku!" Kiki cried out and grabbed the Kunai. And threw it back to him however Haku caught it coming out of the mirror for just a second and pulled it back in. "Whoa…..where'd it go…." She muttered. To her shock however one had only caught it while the others still continued to barrage Riku with a flurry of needles all he could do was huddle up in the middle while they slashed and pierced his skin. Blood was now leaking down his body and head.

Kiki stared in horror, she growled wanting desperately to help Riku. In fact she couldn't help herself. "I'm sorry….I can't stay with you any longer…I'll come back!" she ran off towards the mirror cage and did hand signs.

"Wood Style, branch arrow Jutsu!" She shouted the trees near by went rigid and shot out a bunch of sharp pointed branches at the dome of mirrors, but they either bounced off or flew through the gaps, causing no damage. "How….grrrr…" she growled rushing forward turning her arm becoming a large wooden fist and began banging against the ice which barely shook. "Let…" bang…."him" bang…."out!" She growled, her other arm becoming coated with hard wood and slamming into the ice. Suddenly, Haku faced her and grabbed her arm. She couldn't escape, gasping as she was pulled into the dome. The next thing she knew she was screaming as she crashed right into Riku, both hitting the cold hard stone of the bridge.

"Ow…." Riku groaned.

"Sorry, Riku…" Kiki groaned but gasped realizing she was trapped as well. "Tazuna…"

"Ahh, Young love…young, stupid, just cost you your whole mission love…" Zabuza sneered venomously at the bridge builder. Tazuna stepped back terrified as a Water clone formed in front of him, the same venomous look on its face as it reached back for its massive sword.

"Tazuna!" Kiki shrieked in horror mentally kicking herself what she had done. However the water clone had instantly been destroyed with a well-placed barrage of Shuriken and Kunai. As the water splashed to the ground in front of Tazuna, all eyes turned as Naruto leaped down in front of the bridge builder.

"Naruto!" Riku cried out in cheer.

"He saved Tazuna!" Kiki said happily.

"Just in the nick of time, believe it!" Naruto grinned, a kunai in his right hand.

"That boy…." Haku thought thinking back to when they met.

"What are you doing out here sleeping in the woods?"

He giggled, "I'm training."

"Oh I see impressive are you training for something dangerous?" Haku asked.

"I'm just developing my skills so I can get stronger." He said.

Zabuza growled throwing shuriken at Naruto and Tazuna, however needles rushed forward and blocked the shurikens. Naruto blinked in awe.

"Who why….uhhh," He looked at Haku. "Hey what's the big idea, what are you playing at! You're the enemy ya know, if you're helping me it's because you want something!"

"I want….to fight you…" he replied simply. "In my way…Zabuza please…"

"Hmph, so you want me to leave this to you Haku is that it?" Zabuza asked. "As usual you're too soft."

"Forgive me…" Haku muttered.

"Soft?" Riku asked himself in his thoughts he felt Kiki check him over.

"Are you alright?" Kiki asked.

"Yeah I'm okay, but…I think I get what Zabuza means." Riku replied.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Look at this." Riku showed her one of his arms.

"He didn't hit any vital spots..." Kiki muttered.

"Exactly, it's like he's not trying to kill any of us… he even made sure you crashed into me so I'd break your fall." Riku noted. Kiki replayed getting pulled in through her thoughts a few times and nodded.

"Why though?" Kiki asked.

"I'm not sure… but we need to break out of here while he's distracted by Naruto." Riku replied and she nodded.

"Bring it on!" Naruto growled, "I'll make sure you don't get Tazuna, believe it!"

"Naruto's feisty but he can't handle this kid, we've got Tazuna alone here, I've got too…." Kakashi growled in his thoughts only for Zabuza to move in front of him again.

"Don't even think about it. You know the score Kakashi, if you go after Haku, I go after the Bridge Builder." He warned.

"Damn it…They've split us up too thin…there's no way unless Kiki and Riku can get out of that dome but that's not ordinary ice."

"Relax Kakashi, sit back and enjoy the show let's see how they do one on one." Zabuza sneered.

"That mask and your bogus story, just like Kakashi sensei said you were with Zabuza all along. If you think you can get away with a stunt like that you're wrong ya know!" Naruto growled.

"I'm sorry, but the art of the Shinobi is deception; keep the opponent guessing, and eventually out maneuver them." Haku replied.

"Now's our chance!" Riku said as they ran for a gap between the mirrors, but a flurry of needles bit into the ground in front of them, one piercing the side of Riku's leg and another hitting Kiki in the upper arm

Naruto then saw Riku and Kiki trapped in the ice dome. "Whoa what's that thing?"

"Did you think I would forget about the two of you? Not a chance." Haku said coldly. "It'd be too much of a risk to leave you two alone while I'm fighting him so I need to finish you both first."

"Hey!" Naruto shouted but Haku ignored him going into the mirrors. Haku pulled himself back into the ice mirrors but kept looking at Naruto. "We will fight later…." He said disappearing into the ice

"Naruto don't worry about us! Protect Tazuna, he needs you!" Kiki said.

"We'll be fine, we'll figure a way out of here, focus on the mission!" Riku assured him as he pulled the needle from his leg

Naruto processed this for a moment and nodded smiling. "Count on it; Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He said summoning several of them to surround Tazuna. "Let's see those two get past this!" he said, his clones grinning with him.

"Okay let's try to get out of here." Riku said as Kiki stood with him back to back.

"Wood style great forest Jutsu!" Kiki shouted transforming her arm into a bunch of powerful trees to pummel against the crystal ice cage. It was blocking Haku from getting then on that side.

"Fire style, Fireball Jutsu!" Riku shot a blazing fire jutsu in the opposite direction. Spikes of ice shot out of the mirrors, shattering her attack as the flames died out but nothing.

"It didn't work." Kiki gasped, "How tough are these mirrors anyways?"

Riku glanced around remembering where he was he managed to detect the real one and went for a Shuriken however… "Behind you." Haku said making them turn and gasp.

"How'd he teleport himself so quickly?!" Riku growled in his thoughts. Then once again the two were surrounded by Haku who began to rip the two of them up.

"Riku, Kiki!" Naruto cried out as did Kakashi. "They're getting all ripped up but I can't tell where the attacks are coming from!"

"How is he doing that?" Kiki growled, "Is this some kind of Kekkei Genkai?"

"I'm not surprised you wouldn't know, after the wars, many people with Kekkei Genkai were hunted down and despised for their power because people feared that it would bring disaster to the lands. And some people would stop at absolutely nothing to see that Kekkei Genkai wiped out completely. Being a descendant of the first Hokage, you're lucky you don't have to have to endure persecution and I'd imagine that for most of them it's the same. But in my land that wasn't the case…" Haku explained.

"Zabuza is all I have and I will do anything to see his dream come true….But there used to be others. Long ago, my father and my mother, I was born in the land of water in a place where the snow falls deep in the winter Life was hard but we were content. My father was good to my mother and they were both kind to me yes, we were happy. But because of what I said earlier because of wars from before I was even born. Everything changed….My father had changed, he killed my mother and almost killed me"

The two young Shinobi gasped in horror at this. Naruto seemed to be listening as well as Tazuna even the two Jonin.

"After years of suffering and civil war the people of my land began to despise those that carried Kekkei Genkai in their; blood. The clans in my land were used as mercenaries in the old wars. But when war was over that's when they began to despise those like me." Haku explained. "They went into hiding denying their gifts…"

That seemed to strike a core with Riku as it was said his clan was forever haunted with the shadow of a certain someone…. "Not all the clans of the Hidden Leaf are lucky I see…" Haku said "People can be so cruel to never let go of grudges or despise things they don't understand."

"Not everyone is like that!" Kiki snapped.

"And yet those voices that will understand are the ones that either change or get drowned out…"

"For years my mother was successful at hiding our blood line trait. She met and married a simple farmer. They were married and after that my mother thought she would leave a peaceful ordinary life…"

Haku was blissfully playing with the water and showed it off to his mother. "Mother look like what I can do! Isn't it beautiful?" he asked.

His mother gasped in a fit of anger. "No you mustn't, you must never! Do you hear me?! Never, you wicked wicked child!" she shrieked scaring Haku who struggled as she slapped him hard against the face to his horror and shock. She gasped. "I'm sorry my darling, I'm sorry…" she said hugging him tightly breaking down instantly.

But my father had seen…..he knew our secret….

Haku recounted the events of his mother being bludgeoned to death by his father who was wracked with horror other men were in the room he lifted the heavy club. He shrieked and then he walked out of the house it was full of ice crystals having killed everyone. He lay on the snow crying.

Without them I had no purpose in life, and when one has no purpose when no one looks at you, you're unnecessary. Zabuza gave me purpose again, he didn't shun me for my strangeness no. My powers were exactly what he wanted. And so….

"I will make his dream come true!" He growled reading many needles.

"We've gotta pin him down somehow…" Kiki said as the two were back to back.

"I think he's hiding clones in the other mirrors, I'm not sure… I can't clearly see…." Riku's eyes darted from one image of Haku to the next

"Wrong, this jutsu uses the mirror's reflection to transport me" Haku explained, "From my point of view, you're both moving in slow motion"

"The ice mirrors are the key to all this" Riku growled in frustration, "But we already tried breaking them and it didn't work"

"If you were on the outside we could attack from both sides to figure it out. But he obviously didn't want you doing that so he pulled you in." Riku said. "And Naruto's stuck watching Tazuna,"

"So what do we do?" Kiki asked

"I never wanted to be a shinobi… I don't want to kill you" Haku said from within the mirror, "But if you come at me, then I'll destroy my kind heart and become a true shinobi"

The two konoha rookies looked at each other, then back at their masked enemy.

"This bridge will be the battle field where our Dreams Collide, I must battle for my dream as you do yours…I am fighting for someone precious to me so that his dream may become reality, that is my Dream and I will take your lives to do it…" he said firmly readying a Soba needle.


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