Defeating his opponent, a door opened and revealed a passage as Saito exited through the path. Meanwhile Kenshin found himself in a room with a pond beside it. At the other end stood a young masked individual. Kenshin could not depict whether it was guy or girl but it didn't concern him for now. The stranger unmasked and revealed the face of a young teenage boy but spoke in a girlish-like tone, "A pleasure to meet you. I am Haku and it is my duty… to kill you." In the blink of an eye Haku disappeared from his original position. Kenshin stood defensively in his spot, sword ready to draw. Than he sensed it; vibrations from the wall behind. Kenshin drew out his reversed edge and blocked the oncoming kunai thrown from Haku before he disappeared again. Remembering the tips Yagami gave, Kenshin took out a talisman Yagami gave to him earlier with the character 'speed' and wrapped it around the handle of the katana. As Kenshin jumped off the ground, he disappeared too. Running at lightning speed, Kenshin finally saw through Haku's trickery and dashed towards him.
"Enough of your tricks, Hiten Misturugi Ryu: Ryu Shosen!" With the blade making contact with Haku's arm, he dropped to the ground as Kenshin sheathed back his blade. Bleeding from the arm, it looked like Haku was about to surrender but instead reached out for a kunai. Haku than charged towards his opponent and Kenshin drew his reversed edge in time but didn't realize the intention behing it as Haku performed one-hand seals. "Hyoton: Makyu Hyo Sho! (Ice Release: Demonic Ice Mirrors)" The pond in the room seemed to freeze and rectangular portions that resemble mirrors came out and enclosed the two contenders. Before Kenshin could deliver another strike, Haku evaded it and amazingly went into one of the 'mirrors'. In an instance copies of Haku formed on all the ice mirrors, making Kenshin difficult to figure out which was the original as the real Haku slithers through mirror to mirror without detection.
"Only a coward would resort to this type of illusionary technique." Kenshin commented as he readied himself in his stance. Haku, moving through from one mirror to another, kept throwing ice needles at Kenshin but he gracefully dodged al of them. Realizing he was running low on ideas, Haku performed the same one-hand seal as he taunted, "That's where you're wrong, this is called tactics; Sensatsu Suishu! (Thousand Flying Water Needles Of Death)" Water came out from the pond again but this time it formed into ice needles and went straight to Kenshin from all directions. Managing to dodge the attack, he missed two more oncoming ones and was gazed at his thighs. Straining his muscles, Kenshin continued to focus on the battle. With all the similar images on the ice mirrors, it was extremely complicated to differentiate and also with the constant throwing of kunais at random intervals, Kenshin struggled to keep up with the pace. Than suddenly he turned around to deflect a kunai that broke an ice mirror, causing Haku to lose his momentum; it was the perfect opportunity to turn the tables as Kenshin broke the ice mirrors one after another, destroying the jutsu. Kenshin caught sight of his target and ran towards Haku's direction. With Haku throwing the kunais at him, Kenshin anticipated the timings and dodged it with a 180-degree spin and drew his blade to deliver a strong blow to Haku's chest that immediately knocked him out. The door at the other end opened and Kenhin sheathed back his reversed edge, hoping that Yagami had an easier opponent to deal with.