After Haku disappeared with Zabuza, Kakashi, who had seemed perfectly fine, suddenly passed out without warning.
"Teacher Kakashi!!"
"Teacher Kakashi!!"
"Teacher Kakashi!!"
The sudden turn of events startled Naruto and the others into shouting at once. They hurried over to check on Kakashi.
"What are you screaming for? He's not dead! What's there to make such a fuss about~~" Hao Shuai said calmly. "He just fainted because he used up too much chakra!"
At Hao Shuai's words, the three finally calmed down.
Naruto and Sasuke tried their best to prop Kakashi up, but they were too short to manage it, so they gave up. In the end, Hao Shuai simply picked Kakashi up with one hand, and the group headed to Tazuna's house.
Naruto and the others had taken issue with how roughly Hao Shuai was handling Kakashi, and had strongly insisted that he carry him on his back.
But that was never going to happen~~
There was no way Hao Shuai would carry a grown man on his back, even if someone killed him for it!
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Haku, who had disappeared, carried Zabuza's body to a secluded spot in the forest.
Then, without hesitation, he pulled the two silver needles from Zabuza's neck.
"Cough, cough~~"
Zabuza, who had been lying motionless as if dead, suddenly coughed twice, then sat up from the ground.
He had come back from the dead!
"Honestly, you hit too hard," Zabuza complained as soon as he revived.
"I had no choice. Our opponent was Kakashi the Copy Ninja. If I hadn't hit you hard enough, how could I have fooled him?" Haku explained.
"Yeah~~ He really lives up to his name as the Copy Ninja. He actually pushed me to that point." Zabuza still felt uneasy as he thought back to his fight