Tazuna was sandwiched in between ten Narutos while the original one tried to take a shot at his virtually invisible enemy. Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration, It was really starting to get harder to see through the mist. It didn't help much that he was dealing with a clone. How was he supposed to become Hokage if he couldn't deal with a stupid bunshin. He stood in between ten solid copies of himself. At this point, Naruto hated not knowing any jutsus apart from basic ones. Shadow Clones were very much awesome but they were just a version of him in the end. Besides they weren't much durable. The blonde wished if there was more to his trademark jutsu, But it wasn't like he was going to see that scroll once again and adults left him pretty much to his own devices. Whether it was Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei or Hokage-jiji. How was he supposed to get stronger if he didn't figure out how to improve himself? Ben took on multiple clones efficiently and He didn't even know a damn thing about Chakra that time. He even managed to sneak behind Zabuza and beat the crap out of him while all he managed to do was scratch his arm, Even that was done with Sasuke-Teme's help.

"Boo! " Someone whispered in his ears. Naruto turned around only to see a massive fist coming for his head. The Uzumaki cried in pain as he was sent spiralling backwards. Naruto was then forced to cross his arms over his body to take the kick sent at him. The blow slammed into her guard and sent her spiraling through the air, bouncing across the ground.

"You don't have time to look idle, boy!" the look a like of Zabuza Momoichi exclaimed, drawing the massive blade from his back. Spinning the massive blade in his hand, He lashed towards Naruto. Instantly a make shift barrier consisting of Naruto's look a likes surrounded him. Having the same mindset of original, Zabuza look a like wondered. The copy ninja had someone on his team who could use chakra as if it was his toy. Even while creating his Shadow Clones, The boy was putting a lot more chakra then usual. Which was terrifying considering the fact that Shadow Clone Jutsu itself was a high level chakra consumption technique. Even making a few would bring a normal Jounin on the brink of exhaustion. Naruto's look a like provided him with enough breather to put some distance between him and the Water clone.

"You have some tricks lad, I gotta admit. However you are nowehere near the beast or the Uchiha" The Water clone mocked. Naruto gritted his teeth furiously, He made a familiar handsign. With a poof of smoke twenty solid copies of Naruto appeared out of nowhere.

All of them were already prepared with kunais in their hands, Pushing chakra in their feet using the tree walking exercise. The water clone swung his blade widely, Effectively blocking the shower of kunais. However his eyes widened when the real Naruto jumped over his massive blood and delivered a powerful dropkick right on its nose. The water clone immediately backed away. Swinging his blade with amazing grace and speed, He carved the sharp metal inside the Naruto look a likes, As fast as he could. While most of them dispersed into a smokey cloud, One was smashed backwards leaving behind a trail of blood. However, the instant she was sure he'd bifurcated the girl, Naruto's two halves suddenly went up in a cloud of white smoke, which was replaced shortly afterwards by a log, which had been cut clean through by the weapon. The Water clone blinked in surprise, "Kawarimi? Heh… nice trick. I didn't think you were that fast."

The real Naruto panted as he replaced himself with one of the shadow clones guarding Tazuna. His eyes widened once again as the water clone vanished inside the mist again.

"The moment I get my hands on real you, I am gutting you like a fish! " The terrifying voice echoed through the mist. Naruto gulped. Even the thirty two percent of Zabuza was too much for him. He clearly had a lot of catching up to do. For someone who wanted to be Hokage, The most elite ninja in the village, He failed to utilize his time as much as he should have. Now he needed to stop trying to outperform Sasuke and actually attempt to get better. Thinking about the situation, The only way to win this was bring Zabuza's clone out in open. There was no use trading fists with him because that would take him nowhere. The Water clone was still physically superior and possessed far more skills.

Suddenly, A light bulb flashed in his mind. He quickly turned to Tazuna and spoke out with a mischievous grin

"Oie, Old man! Wanna help me beat this weirdo? "

"WHAT? " Tazuna dumbfounded. Naruto's smile widened in return, Before Tazuna could know what was going on, Naruto and his look a like grabbed each of his hands and started running. While Tazuna cried like a banshee, Naruto didn't even bother to look back. He knew Zabuza's clone was right after him. He left his shadow clones behind at every step, Which were effortlessly killed by the water clone but providing a crucial information on Clone-Zabuza's location. After running for a minute or two nothing happened. Spinning around the Uzumaki took a pause, He took a long breath as he stood at the massive bridge's near end. Panting heavily, he glued his eyes on the path ahead again. His remaining clones were taken out at lightning fast pace. While Naruto couldn't see or hear his adversary due to the Water clone's mastery in silent killing. His new-found ability to pin point his adversary using the Shadow Clones as a bait came quite handy in time like this.

Naruto froze as he noticed his fast moving adversary coming right behind him, All while brandishing his huge blade at Tazuna.

"Got ya! " The water clone cried as he closed the distance between them. Before he could attack Tazuna was replaced with a wooden log. The clone's eyes widened in surprise as multiple exploding tags came out of nowhere, In courtesy of twenty solid copies of Naruto who emerged from the thin air. The Clone managed to swat away several of them, However a certain amount of tags attached themselves on his shoulders like a glue.

BOOM

With a single handsign all of them went off like a mine, Blowing away a small chunk of sturdy bridge. Zabuza look a like shattered like a piece of glass, Turning back into nothing but a spray of water droplets. The shockwave from the explosion smashed Naruto backwards, Making him land on the solid ground face first. The Uzumaki cried in pain as everything around him became blurry and started to fade away. A smile flashed on his face despite the pain he was feeling.

Naruto Uzumaki was the most badass Ninja ever!

And just like that, Unconsciousness took him. However, The smile on his face still remained as bright as ever.

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The clone Haku dashed towards Sasuke and Sakura with senbon in her hands, Pulling out another kunai from his left holster, Sasuke had barely enough time to clash his knives against the clone's needles. He winced at the sheer power behind the attack, and was forced to take a step back. Sakura gulped and approached Haku trembling all the way. This was not going to be pretty for her. She always disliked the physical part of shinobi training, thinking that the sweat would ruin her hair and make her look less appealing to Sasuke. Of course, not one time had Sasuke ever bothered to say anything about her looks, or anything about her, to be honest. She just kept waiting for that day were Sasuke would look at her in the eye, caress her cheek and slowly but firmly join his lips with hers. But that day wasn't coming anywhere in near future if she died today. Pusing chakra in her feet, She attacked the masked ninja with a by the book roundhouse kick. This proved to be a bad decision, Clone Haku grabbed her feet and smashed a powerful elbow in her solar plexus. Sakura landed hard on her face, Breaking her nose in the process.

Sasuke cursed under his breath, For the first time he wished Naruto was fighting with him. He may have been an idiot but still he was hundred times better than Sakura. For someone who was supposed to be rookie of the year, A title that he too shared, The only thing she knew were basics. Pouring chakra inside his feet, He charged towards Clone Haku with as much speed as his body allowed him. Unfortunately, Clone Haku merely blocked all of his incomings with her two hands with little effort. Sakura slowly stood up, Blood had started dripping from her nose, She was sure one of her ribs were almost broken and this battle was way out of her league.

She wondered what Naruto was doing right now, Atleast she had Sasuke-kun with him. Naruto was fighting alone while having the burden of protecting Tazuna. She prayed to kami about that idiot's well being. He was annoying and clingy but he was also her teammate. She didn't want him to die. Naruto may be in need of their help and to do that, They need to finish of that masked ninja's water clone.

Sakura, thinking of a way to at least inflict some sort of damage, came up with a risky, yet not so crazy idea. While Sasuke was struggling against Clone Haku's senbons, She dashed on her right. Taking advantage of the fact that both hands of her opponent was occupied. Using her left hand and a little bit of ninja wire, She grabbed Haku's right one in a way that she couldn't use her senbon.

With one of Haku's hands immobilized, Sasuke went for a stab. This was a powerful version of Water clone technique but still it was a water clone. It barely had any durability that original one had. All he needed to do was deal a powerful blow and the Clone would be a goner. Taking out a fuma shuriken, Sasuke went for a deadly stab. The clone lifted her feet at the right moment and kicked the Uchiha. Sasuke was sent spiralling backwards while Sakura was left to deal with both of Clone Haku's hands now. Seeing no point in staying there Sakura jumped back, Albeit not before taking a few nasty blows in the first place. However, Clone Haku dashed towards her with senbon. Sasuke who quickly managed to recover from the attack, Threw a barrage of his own Shurikens. The clone of masked ninja was quick in performing a single handsign and made a log of wood take her place.

"You two are making this unnecessarily complicated." The clone Haku said, her voice just as monotone as ever. "Me and Zabuza-sama have no quarrel with you. The bridge-builder is the only person we're looking for."

Sasuke scoffed at her. "Nice try, but we're not finished with you yet."

Clone Haku' stared at the duo in front of her, not moving one inch. Soon she made a handsign, Using only one hand. Sakura gulped in shock and fear, No matter how many times she saw the masked ninja doing that, It scared the shit out of him. And Ben was fighting the real deal right now. Ben had his abilities too but somehow this masked ninja seemed more scary. Besides Ben didn't have any ninja training, The masked ninja was all around on the level of an ANBU. Ben was as close as a team mate, She didn't want him to die too

"Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death"

Sakura watched in horror as a thousand ice needles came into existence just above him. Half of them were pointing at him, the other half pointing at her teammate. Sakura panicked, If those needles were to hit her, She will definitely die but she was so young. She couldn't afford to die like this. "Calm yourself.' Sakura thought, breathing in and out, slowly trying to calm her increasing heartbeats. 'Remember the training. Adjust your chakra and wait for the perfect moment.'

"This is the end for both of you."

The Clone Haku lifted his index and middle fingers. The ice needles shot themselves towards Sasuke and Sakura. In a fraction of a second, Sasuke pushed chakra in his feet. It felt as if time had slowed down to him. For a moment, he felt like he was about to pass out, but he refused to. He was fighting for his life as well as the lives of his teammates, and neither of them were giving up even though they were facing the same situations as him. He was not giving up. Everything started to look more... defined, and so much more detailed. Those were the only adjectives he could come up with. His vision kept adjusting itself to the point where he could barely recognize his surroundings. He could observe each and every needle with ease. Not only that he could also notice littlest amount of details. Pushing chakra in his feet he jumped away from the devastating attack,

A curse left his mouth as he nearly tripped over a rough landing, It was as if his eyes could see but body couldn't follow. His eyes widened in realization as a scream of pain was heard throughout the bridge. Sasuke stood shell shocked as he witnessed Sakura's body pierced by hundreds of sharp projectiles.

His eyes continued to widen in horror as Sakura's body twitching in agony before passing out... just to be replaced by a log of wood covered in the ice needles she created.

'What!? No way! Body Replacement Jutsu!?' The Haku mentally shouted in disbelief. Taking advantage of his enemy's shock. Sasuke jumped in the air, Performing the necessary hand signs, Sasuke took a deep breath. " Fire style: Great Fireball Jutsu"

The clone Haku frowned as a fireball came out of Uchiha's mouth. She backflipped in the air several times while performing handsigns, The moment the fireball was about to make contact, A thick block of ice appeared in front of her, Taking the damage of Sasuke's jutsu. However, before she could retaliate a bunch of metallic wires wrapped around her feet.

The Clone Haku suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness engulfing her psyche, Quickly her eyes widened in realization. She was falling prey to a classic Sleeping Genjutsu. She pushed the other chakra out of her system, Only to see the pink haired kunoichi dashing towards her in high speeds. Her heart was beating fast and her legs were shaky, but she refused to give up. She was useless the first time she and her team battled Zabuza. This time, it was going to be different. She only had two exploding tags with her, While they could do some damage to the bridge, The first thing they needed to do was deal with their enemy. She carefully wrapped them around her kunais. Meanwhile Sasuke once again dashed towards Clone Haku with similar handsign, Jumping on a different angle he breathed an even bigger fireball this time.

With the speed of a Gatling gun Haku started firing Senbons, A few of them managed to pierce through Sasuke's neck. Aimed to hit the most vital point of his nervous system. The pain was so crushing that he couldn't even scream. His arms felt wobbly, almost dead. The Uchiha fell on his knees, His consciousness fading in instance.

Sakura was next to follow. Using a simple ninja wire she arranged the trajectory of her kunais right at the moment Haku moved to dodge Sasuke's attack and throw senbons at them. A few of them hit her vital points instantly. Soon, she fell into same predicament as Sasuke. Her consciousness leaving her. However, Clone Haku couldn't dodge the kunais in time and she was forced to deflect them using senbons. The moment she tried to defend herself. The magic happened.

BOOM

And just like that another explosion shook the bridge , A small part of railing shattered and a chunk of cement fell inside the river, Including the water puddle which used to be Clone Haku.

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Haku watched her prey as she sprinted in random directions, hoping to throw Ben off guard. It seemed to be working, as the boy made no indication about being able to keep up with her velocity

'It is clear that he cannot see my movements,' the stoic hunter observed quietly as she continued her random pattern. 'Now is the time to strike.' The girl hit the ground and rebounded. Now she was speeding straight at the other fighter's back, who made no effort to see where Haku was coming from. The masked shinobi drew back, all her fingers clustered together, ready for an attack on a vital pressure point that would render Ben an invalid. Zabuza didn't know medical Ninjutsu, So She doubted if he could ever figure out what she was doing. It was her own decision to spare Ben. She may be unfortunate enough to be her opponent but she wasn't going to kill him just because Gatou wanted them to. Ben deserved better than that.

Haku's fingers flew forward, ready to take out her monstrous adversary with a knockout blow. Time slowed down as Haku watched the other teen grinning widely, His right fist beginning to glow with nothing but sheer amount of raw chakra. She didn't have time to correct her trajectory or withdraw her attack, She was wide open. Before she could know what was going on, A clawed hand smashed on her porcelain mask. It wasn't clear whether that was a slap or fist or elbow but it had more than equivalent strength behind it. The shockwave emerging from the attack, drilled a hole through the thick mist, As Haku felt what it appeared to be a Rhino ramming his horn on her forehead while being tossed over the a set of construction equipment and machineries.

After a lot of trouble Haku managed to land on the water, Finally recovering from the spiralling motion. She took a long breath as several droplets of blood started falling from her lips. One of her eyes was almost swollen shut and it appeared that she might have a partial fracture in her nose.

"That sort of strength... I never saw any Taijutsu masters hitting that hard, Even Zabuza -sama doesn't hit that hard. Another one like this and I am a goner. I gotta end this quickly if I want to fulfill both of my objectives! "

Haku clenched her fist in determination as she caught a glimpse of Ben, Landing on the water on all fours.

"You are making this unnecessary complicated, Haku said, her voice just as monotone as ever. "Me and Zabuza-sama have no quarrel with you. The bridge-builder is the only person we're looking for."

Ben blinked at hearing the voice filled with guilt and pain. To be honest he was a bit taken aback by this new development. This made the deadly shinobi appear more human than before. Reminding him once again that he was dealing with a child soldier , instead of someone. Of course, who was a pure psychopath and completely heartless.

Shinobis were supposed to be merciless and apathetic to everything apart from their missions. Kakashi made it very clear to him on a personal level. From what he knew about Zabuza, the man was cold blooded, ruthless, pretty much around Kakashi's level of strength and a man that certainly wouldn't hesitate to kill a bunch of twelve years-old if he had to. He made that perfectly clear the day they met. It was only natural to assume that the individual working as his right hand would be similar to him in both mind state and skills. The girl did make it clear that she had no qualms with killing Tazuna, However her eyes still showed hesitation while fighting him.

However as this shinobi hesitating and actually trying to reason with him, he decided to make a similar offer.

"I don't have any qualms with you either, stop working for Gatou and everything will be golden."

Ben remarked with a grin while charging towards the ice bending ninja with a vicious uppercut. Haku was quick to evade, However it took a huge amount of effort on her part. She jumped on to Ben's right, Aiming several senbons at Ben's eyes. The only part she could take advantage of. While rest of his body did take damage towards a certain extent, as the needles couldn't pierce through his skin, her knowledge of pressure points wasn't helping her much in the situation. She then went for a low kick followed by several jabs, which did manage to make him wince a bit in pain but failed to leave any sort of desirable impact.

Haku felt like she was testing her strength against some sort of hard rock. She flinched a bit, Her wrists almost turning red due to the heavy after burns she received from hitting her rather study enemy

"What's wrong sidekick? Don't tell me you ran out of your flashy tricks, Do you? " Ben chuckled, With a flicker on his symbol, He changed his appearance back to human while keeping his transformation 's abilities. Before she could respond Ben was already in the air, A pair of sneakers about to make contact with her face. However Ben was forced to stagger backwards as a block of ice appeared out of nowhere , Blocking his attack.

"You are an undeniably powerful foe, However you are in my realm now! " Haku spoke with steel in her voice, "Here everything is my weapon! "

"Aw! I am so scared, Snow flakes! " Ben chuckled, It wasn't like he thought Haku was weak. It was just that he had taken on far more powerful foes and survived. Mainly due to a string of good luck and timely interventions from Ultimatrix's AI. It was more about his confidence that as long as he was a hero, He would win in the end. Haku went through a series of hand signs, Making the blue frosty chakra swirl around her body.

Ben narrowed down his eyes as the water around him came to life, It rises above its normal levels and started moving around them like slithering snakes. The Ultimatrix bearer tried to jump away from his adversary. He knew about the Anti Death protocol of Ultimatrix AI which protected him at any cost and in any scenario. Even the destruction of Entire Universe. Surprisingly, It even worked in Anur Vladias. Still, Too much disregard for himself can be injurious to his health. However his head was smacked against a person sized slab of pure Ice, Which was comparably as strong as any metal he came across. Pushing chakra on his feet Ben jumped again, This time another slab blocked his path. Feeling annoyed Ben tore apart several of them, However, New ones quickly appeared to take their place. Just like that, Hundreds of such reflective slabs hovered in the air. Effectively trapping him inside.

"You know Snowflakes , If you guys aren't too much into killing people, You can do great in Circus. Kids will definitely love your... gig... with mirrors and Ice" Ben responded with a grin, remaining unfazed despite getting trapped into Haku's Ultimate Jutsu. The Ultimatrix bearer winced at how much cold this was starting to feel. He felt like he was taking a stroll in the frozen lake in Alaska. He regretted not having a chilli fry with him right now, Eating something crunchy and spicy really set the mood for the battle.

"I had an idea the battle would drag this far. That's why I was saving this specially for you! " The girl spoke in an emotionless tone.

"It's not that I am not flattered but you really are a lousy girlfriend prospect! " Ben let out a groan. Surprisingly, A light shade of pink adorned the girl's cheeks as she dispersed inside the mirrors. Ben looked around him, The mirrors had started merging with each other, Forming a remarkable barrier of Ice. Apart from a few inches of breathing space, Everything else was engulfed in a perfect sphere of ice. Ben huffed in annoyance, With the ice mixing in, It was hard to smell where she went. Now that was creepy. It reminded him of those times where he had to fight Zombozo in a mirror house. As if that wasn't enough, Multiple reflections of Haku appeared in each and every reflective surfaces. Ben could feel as if she was underwater too.

"That was a harsh thing to say, Ben-kun! You have no manners about how to address a female!" The voice spoke through reflections. It was hard to understand because it felt that his sense of smell was going Haywire. He cracked his knuckles and breathe out some visible air.

Wait a minute! Zabuza's lackey is a girl! I certainly didn't see that coming.

"Oh, I am a prim and proper gentleman but my courtesy doesn't extend to hags!" Ben scoffed in annoyance. Now he couldn't see or hear what was going on outside this barrier. He was completely isolated from everyone.

"You have quite colorful language and you are still filled with life and energy despite being at my absolute mercy! " Haku wondered aloud, Making Ben blink in confusion. "Yet, You don't fight with the intention to kill me. So it seems we are not that different from each other! "

"Only in your dreams! " Ben's eyebrows twitched in irritation. The Ice bender giggled at Ultimatrix bearer's childish response. " Ben clenched his fists tightly as he snapped angrily, "Alright, do you want me to fight you or not?"

" I have no desire to harm you as long as you stay out of Zabuza-sama's way!" Haku responded as a matter of fact. She sent a wave of even larger and sharper needles towards Ben, from every side which Ben managed to block with the usage of Contego, something which he could do a lot more effectively after learning the surface walking techniques.

"Impressive, you also have a barrier technique. However even if my attacks can't reach you for the time being, you are still trapped in my domain."

"So what do you want to talk about? My favourite color, Your hobbies, Favorite food? Or this is some creepy form of date! " Ben remarked in a voice filled with sarcasm.

"I want to ask you is that! " Haku responded with curiosity in her voice, "Why do you fight for the people of wave? Its pretty obvious that you are not from here and everyone knows what happened in the land of water. You are the last of your kind, Yet you thrive to fight against your better for the people who can't even stand up for themselves! "

"I don't share sob stories with baddies, Snowflakes! " Ben let out a groan as he jumped over towards the center of Icy barrier. He smashed the maximum amount of chakra he could summon in his hands, Attempting to use Stone Cutter with both of his hands. The effect was devastating because Ben wasn't hitting a real person this time thus there was no restrain behind it. Instantly a barrage of mirrors shattered, However with the speed of thoughts another took his place. Before Ben could pull his arm back, An Ice block covered his entire left arm. The absolute cold made his limb go numb. Ben roughly landed on his one hand in an amazing athletic display.

"You really didn't think I underestimated your overwhelming physical abilities and immense durability, Did you? " Haku retorted in a stoic tone. Ben growled in anger and brought his hands in attempt to use another transformation. However before he could do that, His free hand got encased inside thick slab of ice . Ben cried in pain as another one of his limbs went numb

"Your strength is related to the seal on your chest, As long as you can't touch it, You can't access your gifts!" Haku remarked, "My technique allows me unregistered speed, So no matter how fast you try to reach it. I won't let you! "

Ben frowned, This was starting to get a bit troublesome right now. The water around him was starting to get denser, May be thicker too, It was restricting his movements. Ultimatrix bearer was unable to lift up both of his legs. It felt like he was stuck inside a frosty quicksand, The more he tried to get himself out, The more restricted his movements started to become. Ben's eyes widened as the the sphere slowly started to shrink, He could feel the icy slab beneath his feet and it had started rising.

"You haven't answered my question yet. " The stoic female spoke out once again, Ben gritted his teeth as the makeshift frosty coffin began getting smaller and smaller.

"Don't get too cocky snow flakes, I have been through much worse! " Ben glared at the images in front of him, "If you really want to know why I fight for the people of the wave ...I do it because I hate bullies! "

Haku raised an eyebrow, Unable to understand what the young plumber wanted to say. She blinked in amusement as Ben spoke out once again.

"Those with powers should be kind and willing to help others around. They should have moral code. But its not the truth everytime. Strong had always been tempted to take advantage of the people who can't stand up to them. In the end, It's up to those who have the ability to face such individuals. I couldn't do much for my home , No matter how much I tried. I won't let same thing happen to Land of the Waves. " He spoke in a voice filled with determination and confidence.

"Once this mission ends, We have no desire to continue aiding Gatou. If you surrender for now you may get another chance to free this country! " She offered, As if pleading to him.

"What about Tazuna and the ninjas fighting on my side? Are you telling me that I should let them die? " Ben snapped in anger, His eyes taking a bright pink shade

"This is a harsh world Ben-kun. Not everyone's dreams get to be fulfilled. You are not God, You can't save everyone . A path of shinobi is a cruel one but they chose it for themselves. They signed up for this violent and dangerous life. You on the other hand were on just at the bad place, At a very bad place. You deserve better than being killed on battlefield like this! " Haku spoke through an intense voice.

"This makes you even worse than Zabuza! " Ben spat venomously, "You know right from wrong, You have mercy in your heart, Yet you choose to let hundreds of people suffer just because your master says so! It's ridiculous "

"It is the path I have chosen for myself, I can kill you thousand times over for my master's sake if I have to. However I would prefer if we don't have to go that far! " Haku responded fiercely

"Why? "

"You are not the only one who lost their home despite having gifts like that! " Haku spoke in a rather soft tone. Ben blinked at hearing that, This Haku was really a confusing character. The more he tried to figure out, The more weird it sounded. Things weren't just black and white thus he was confused about what to do about her. But even if he didn't wish to beat her to within an inch of her life, the problem remained the same. He needed to get out of here as soon as possible. If anything happened to Tazuna, members of team 7 or even Kakashi, he would never be able to forgive himself.

Ben winced, dropping on his knees. Even with an enhanced body, effects of the frostbite had started catching up to him.

"I know. That's why I can't stop trying to make a difference. Even if it means taking on the likes of you and Zabuza...I won't give up." Ben spoke with a smile, a hint of steel in his voice.

"You are nothing more than an animal trapped in cage, You may growl and scratch but its the only thing you can do! " Haku retorted in a stoic tone.

"Many people make a mistake to underestimate me, I don't mind though, This just makes it easier for me to kick their asses!" Ben chuckled, even though he seemed cold and firm, he was nervous from inside. The Ultimatrix didn't have the ability to make him transform just by using his thoughts like his old Omnitrix did, even with the master control. While he did have a voice command feature back at his home, the incident at Anur Vladias turned it off and even though he could have solved that problem by using Grey Matter, he just forgot to work on it afterwards. Only thing he could do right now was to use the randomizer function. A code which allowed him to turn into any random alien system picked from his playlist.

This could either turn the tide in his favor or make this battle even harder for him. However, he didn't have much choice in that regards, he needed to take that risk.

Here we go. Don't fail me this time friend.

"Code O9O65BCDAE!" Ben cried, His voice nothing short of a yell.

Haku's eyes widened in surprise as the the seal on Ben's chest started glowing, and his body bathed in a brilliant display of emerald lights. However he still remained locked in her makeshift frozen koffin. His eyes remained closed and his face didn't show any sort of visible emotions.

Her eyes narrowed down behind her mask, even though she couldn't exactly pinpoint it, something about the boy has changed.

"What's wrong? Have you finally decided to give up?" Haku asked, hoping that Ben would give up and she wouldn't have to kill a fellow Ice user. However her jaw dropped behind her half broken mask when Ben raised his head and leveled his glare with her. His once green eyes have now turned entirely blue, marked with irides centered on his pupils making it look like some sort of flower in a constant rotation. "What...? No...it can't be? A dojutsu? But I have never heard one with this description...What kind of bloodline limit is this?

The now blue eyed species shifter stared at her, a confident grin emerging on his face as the slab of ice around him started to crack.

"It's show time."