The Executioner's Blade in his hand swung at Haku. Haku swiftly leaped aside. Crack! A large tree was cleaved apart by Zabuza's blade and crashed to the ground;
The senbon in Haku's hand shot rapidly toward Zabuza. Clang! Clang! Zabuza raised his blade in front of the senbon Haku had fired, knocking them away;
Zabuza said, "Have you forgotten who taught you your techniques? Using what I taught you against me—do you really think you can beat me? There's no need to kill you now. I only need to hold you back."
Haku realized that as well and hurried toward Chen Fan. Whoosh! The massive blade slashed across in front of Haku again. Haku dodged aside and was forced back to where he had started;
Then Haku threw several more senbon at Zabuza. Clang! Clang! They were all blocked. "You're too kind. I've exposed so many openings. You clearly could have killed me, but you insist on merely knocking me unconscious. You're far too naive!!"
Zabuza shouted, then hurled countless shuriken at Haku. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!! Haku swiftly dodged, but Zabuza suddenly appeared above him, the Executioner's Blade swinging down at him;
Splash! Haku's body split in two and turned into water that fell to the ground. It was a Water Clone. Zabuza narrowed his eyes slightly, then immediately chased after Haku. As a master of Silent Killing, Zabuza's senses were extremely sharp;
Haku, focused solely on fleeing to save Chen Fan, had no way to fight back and was beaten until he was covered in wounds. "Where do you think you're going? That guy may very well already be dead."
"If he dies, then I'll die with him," Haku said to Zabuza;
"You're nothing but a tool. As long as a ninja village is established, talented people can be