Zero Visibility: The Sharingan Shatters

Summary written by me, Julie.

Picking up from the last episode, Naruto and Sasuke are within Haku's jutsu, Crystal ice mirrors. The mirrors reflect Haku's image allowing him to transport himself at light speed. Zabuza tells Kekashi that the boys are finished! Haku special inherited bloodline trait is Kekkei Genkai. No one can copy his jutsu, and there’s no way to destroy or stop it! Naruto doesn't care! "I will not die here for I have a dream. Someday I’ll be respected in my village. To be the greatest hokage…that is my dream, he says. Haku responds by saying, "I fight for someone who is precious to me. I'll face death for him...so that his dream may become a reality. And for the sake of that dream, if I must, I will act as a shinobi and take your lives.

Zabuza reminds Kekashi that Haku was trained to kill... Sasuke and Naruto were not. "Even if you do defeat me," he says, "you have no chance against Haku. When I found him he was just a street kid, but I trained him in the most advance ninja techniques. I taught him everything I know plus he had special abilities that he refined on his own. Soon he could face the most powerful enemy. He cared nothing for his own life or the lives of others. Kekashi reaches to expose his sharingan. Zabuza lunges for him, but Kekashi blocks his attack. Blood is spilled in the effort.

Returning to within the mirrors, Naruto keeps trying his shadow clone jutsu. Sasuke tells him NO at first, but begins to see Haku even with his great speed.

After a while of listening to Zabuza talk about Haku's power, Kekashi responds, "Are you finished bragging, you’re starting to put me to sleep. Let’s finish this...now!" Zabuza laughs, " Did you really think our last battle was just win or lose? That I'd take your attacks like some ranked genin? Haku was there waiting watching every move you made...studying your sharingan. Haku can see a jutsu once and immediately come up with a lethal counter attack. It's one of his gifts. Ninja art ... Hidden Mist Jutsu..." The mist becomes so thick that visibility is zero.

Back in the ice crystals, with Naruto's help, Sasuke was able to graze Haku with his fireball jutsu. Sasuke asks Naruto to continue attacking. Unfortunately, as Sasuke gets closer with his fire jutsu, Haku retaliates with more deadly precision.

The scene switches once again. Zabuza reveals what he knows about Kekashi's sharingan. He has noted Kekashi's piercing eye, which sees every detail and the hypnotic eye, which appears to regurgitate the movements of his opponent. Knowing this, Zabuza plans to neutralize Kekashi's piercing eye with zero visibility mist. Then neutralize Kekashi's hypnotic eye by keeping his own eyes closed. "You can't bore into my mind if you can't look into my eyes."

"Brilliant," says Kekashi aware that Zabuza is at a disadvantage with his eyes closed. However, the mist grows thicker. "Stay calm. Where will be strike?" Kekashi wonders. "The bridge builder!" Kekashi quickly blocks both Tazuna and Sakura. "Too late," says Zabuza raising his massive weapon to strike. Sakura lets out a piercing scream and blood splashes in the mist, but is it unknown (until next time) who's blood it is!!!