When the boy said the words "Yuki Clan," Haku's heart sank. He knew he was in trouble. The Hyuga ninja in front of him had been after him from the very beginning!
The so-called Hyuga Main Family was a scheme, meant to draw him—the one hiding in the shadows—out!
"Sorry, my surname isn't Yuki. You must have mistaken me for someone else."
Though he knew he'd fallen into a trap, Haku still clung to a sliver of hope. He hoped the Hyuga ninja in front of him didn't know what he looked like. Besides, he wasn't actually named Yuki.
"Sorry, I said that without thinking. So, should I call you a member of the Yuki Clan, or Haku?"
There was indeed no Yuki Clan in the world of Naruto. The Ice Release Kekkei Genkai originated with the Yuki Clan, but there had once been a famous Ice Release user named Yuki who had made quite a name for himself in the Ninja World.
Fuyuki dropped the act and laid his cards on the table. He didn't want to keep making Lu Xun and Zhou Shuren jokes with Haku, who was perched in a tree.
"Ice Release Secret Technique: Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death!"
His last bit of hope shattered. Haku said nothing more. The hand hidden in his sleeve rapidly formed Hand Seals, and a great many freezing needles gathered beside him. They shot toward Fuyuki, who stood beneath the tree, one after another. Haku turned to flee.
One after another, ice mirrors quickly took shape. Haku slipped inside them and used their reflections to escape.
"Eight Trigrams: Mountain Crusher!"
Fuyuki released a burst of chakra with one hand, blowing away the ice needles flying toward him. He raised his other hand, gathering a highly condensed mass of chakra