Kakamei stood up and looked around as he was surrounded by the ice mirrors. He turned his head to the side to look at Zabuza. The assassin's back was turned as he gave most of his attention to Kakashi. He scolded and turned back to the matter at hand.
Sasuke and Naruto, who were back to back, looked at their teammate.
"You're just as lame as Naruto! You had one job to stay on the outside and he simply pushed you in here!" Sasuke yelled as Kakamei also caught an attitude.
"Yeah, yeah. Like you were doing something productive while you were in here with Naruto!" Kakamei retorted. Before Sasuke could say anything Naruto stopped the conversation by yelling.
"WHATEVER!" The fox boy yelled as he ran off towards one of the mirrors. Kakamei face palmed himself as he looked at his teammate running off.
"This kid's going to get us all killed." Kakamei said out loud as Naruto let off his signature jutsu and they all jumped towards a mirror. Within an instant there were senbon needles flying in every direction. Kakamei and Sasuke were caught in the crossfire and were hit with dozens of needles from all directions.
When the barrage finally ended Naruto landed on the ground next to his teammates as Sasuke silently looked up into the air as Kakamei wiped the blood off of himself and looked at Naruto.
"Why did you think that was going to work?" Kakamei said as Naruto just stood up and ignored the comment.
'It was barely there, but I saw it. I could see the trail and follow his moves.' Sasuke thought to himself as he looked out into the mirrors. Naruto just crossed his fingers.
"One more time! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as at least a dozen more of him popped out of thin air. Kakamei went to stop him but the boy had already sprung into action. This time Sasuke jumped into the action and kicked a puddle of water into the air.
"Don't you see that it's useless?" Haku asked as he jumped out of one mirror and started throwing senbon all over the place. What he failed to notice was that as he was flying out the droplets of water that he was passing through. The presence of the water didn't hinder the masked boy's ability to as in a matter of second all three genin were on the ground covered in cuts again.
Sasuke was the first off the ground as he looked at the room of mirrors.
'I can see his speed. That doesn't mean I can match it. The water is being repelled...' Sasuke thought as Naruto and Kakamei rose up off their backs. Kakamei seemed to be getting up rather slowly as when he tried to move his body he noticed it wasn't responding the way he wanted it to. He finally made it to his feet before looking down at his hands.
"Hey, guys. We're going to have to speed this up because if it goes on any longer I'm going to be a frozen statue." Kakamei said as Sasuke and Naruto both looked at their teammate in confusion.
"What are you talking about? It's not even cold. I feel fine." Naruto sad as Kakamei just slowly shrugged.
"It's probably because of the ice we're surrounded by. I've feeling could ever since I've come close to it." Kakamei said as he looked at Haku.
In the background the four ninja could here the clanking of metal. Kakashi and Zabuza had started their fight.
'I'll finish this quickly Zabuza. I know you need me.' Haku thought to himself as Naruto's screech was heard again as he let off his signature jutsu again.
"Come on kid! Stop doing that! These needles are going to paralyze me!" Kakamei said as he decided to start jumping around this time to see if he could dodge some of the needles this time around. Haku readied his weapons and started to leave his mirror, and lastly Sasuke started to weave hand signs the quickest he could.
Haku started to attack the first clone but before he could he noticed a light in the corner of his eye. When he turned he saw a fireball coming straight at him. He swiftly moved out of the way of the jutsu and landed in one of his mirrors only to instantly jump out and start to attack again.
Only a second or two went by before clones started to disappear. Before all of them could be disposed of Sasuke took in a deep breath and let out another Fire Ball Jutsu . This one was slightly more effective than the last one. Haku dodged this ball easily as well with only a miniature damage done to his outfit.
He sliced the final Naruto clone and sent the boy flying down to the ground. Kakamei stopped jumping around. He hadn't dodged all of the needle but he managed to keep the cuts around his legs, arms, and cheeks. They were all breathing heavily as they looked at their enemy. Naruto slowly got up as Kakamei removed one of the senbon out of his arms.
Then senbon was only in his hand for a slight second but he threw it down onto the ground quickly.
"What's wrong with you?!" Naruto yelled as Kakamei started to quickly take them all out of his body. He threw the last one to the ground.
"What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you guys?! If I had kept those a second longer I would really be frozen right now." Kakamei as his teammates just looked at him with complete confusion.
"Alright! Kakamei's going insane! I have them in my body and I don't feel anything!" Naruto yelled as Kakamei shrugged and looked at the senbon.
'It's him… the boy… give in a few more minutes… the burning feeling in my body is coming back.' Kakamei thought to himself with a slight smile before he went back to a serious face. His moment was broken by Sasuke's voice.
"Naruto, can you do it again?" Sasuke asked. Naruto turned quickly and looked at his rival.
"Huh? Of course! Nothing can stop me! Believe it!" Naruto yelled.
'He doesn't want to show it but he's exhausted. The Shadow Clone Jutsu takes up so much chakra…' Sasuke thought to himself as he looked back the mirrors.
'But thanks to him I figured it out. I know how to break through.' Sasuke boasted in his head as Haku was having the exact opposite thoughts.
'The human eye shouldn't be able to track my movements. It must have been a coincidence.' Haku thought. Just then, the lights started to glow brightly as Sasuke started to weave hand signs.
"You guys get run for it! Get out of here now! Attack from the outside!" Sasuke yelled as his teammates understood.
"Alright!" Naruto yelled as he started to make a run for the exit. Kakamei just stood and watched as he watched the scene.
Naruto was nearing the outside before a strong light came out of nowhere and the kid was knocked down. He stood back up and started running again. Haku jumped out of the mirror and raced towards Naruto but in that instance two movements happened: Sasuke let off his Fireball Jutsu and Kakamei started running forward.
Sasuke's attempt failed as Haku dodged the flames and threw a needle into Sasuke's arm. He then caught Naruto on the brink of making it out of the mirror prison and kicked him back into the circle before jumping back into a mirror.
In the instant that Haku landed back in his mirror Kakamei jumped into the air and kicked the mirror that Haku had jumped into. Kakamei's foot slammed into the mirror with a loud thud as Kakamei landed back on the ground. He took two jumps back and landed in front of Naruto.
The mirror that Kakamei had kicked had cracked, but only slightly. Everyone in the circle was extremely surprised by what the kid had just done. Sasuke and Naruto had their jaws dropped at what Kakamei had just done.
"How did you do that?!" Naruto asked as Kakamei pointed at the mirror.
"I kicked the mirror he was going into with my chakra enhanced foot. It only cracked a little bit but it's something." Kakamei said as his teammates looked dumbfounded by what he had just done.
"How'd you guess which mirror he was going to jump in?" Sasuke asked as Kakamei shook his head and reached out to help Naruto stand up off the ground.
"I just picked the mirror he was going to be closest to. It just so happened that I picked the right one." Kakamei said as he looked down at his leg.
'Yeah, I picked the right one but that isn't too fortunate. I put some damage into the mirror but my leg took a little damage too. That's a small price to pay. I'm starting to get that energy back. The only problem is that back is starting to slightly sting.' Kakamei thought as he turned and looked at the mirror. For some reason the ice was repairing itself like it did when Sasuke blew flames onto it.
"Now we know what mirror he's in." Sasuke said with a slight smirk.
'How did he put damage into this ice. The only people I've ever heard of being able to damage my ice and it not being repaired right away were the…' Haku thought as he gasped with a slight surprise. Before the genin could react Haku threw 15 senbon needles all directed at Kakamei. They all landed.
One landed on each foot, each shin, each thigh, two on his lower abdomen, one in his right chest, one in each hand, each forearm, and each bicep. The boy shrieked in pain.
Kakamei froze, not being able to move a muscle. On the outer tips of the senbon there were pieces of ice that started to quickly grow, reaching Kakamei's body in only a few seconds. The ice started to cover his limbs.
Naruto jumped and tried to knock off some of the ice that had reached his shoulder but instead of knocking the ice off Kakamei yelled in pain.
"Don't hit the ice. It's making it way through the boy's body. The crystals have heightened his pain receptors on his arm. Now the damage the ice receives is sent to the boy, magnified." Haku said as Naruto looked at Kakamei who was just standing there.
Sasuke looked at his teammate and then back at his opponent.
"Naruto let's try it one more time." Sasuke said as Naruto nodded. He started running as Sasuke started to run in the opposite direction. Haku moved quickly.
"No more games! This time you will stay down." Haku said as he raced through his mirrors and threw a needle right into Sasuke's shin. This made the Uchiha stumble. Then he sent another wave of needles that all landed on the boy.
Naruto turned around quickly and yelled his comrade's name only to get a handful of needles shot across his back.
Sasuke got back up to his knees as they all heard of a loud scream coming from the outside.
'That's Sakura's voice. What's going on out there?! Where's Kakashi!?' Sasuke asked himself as Naruto started to stand up.
"I'll bust us out of here." Naruto said confidently as Sasuke looked over in surprise at what he had just said. Kakamei was watching his teammates being on the brink of defeat by the masked boy.
'I can't move! It hurts to even breath! If this keeps going it's going to reach my brain then it's over. Now Sakura decides to start yelling. What am I going to do?!" The boy yelled mentally.
