He could only grit his teeth until they creaked.
Even if I can't stop him, I have to try!
Lord Zabuza is still fighting behind me!
He squeezed out every last bit of his remaining chakra in one burst and slammed his palms together.
He unleashed every jutsu he had used earlier, all at once.
A skyful of ice needles rained down first.
A ring of ice mirrors rose next, one ring inside another, trapping the red figure at their center.
"Ice Release: Wolf Fang Avalanche!"
Shattered ice swirled back into snow wolves, which lunged into the rings of mirrors.
Pinned down by the rain of needles and trapped by the ice mirrors, the red figure was engulfed by the snow wolves-
Layer after layer of ice froze over him.
That red tail was still lashing through the air when it froze inside the ice.
In an instant, a massive block of ice stood in the middle of the bridge, with Naruto frozen inside, tail and all.
The red figure slammed against the ice twice more, making the block thud.
Then he stopped moving altogether.
"Naruto!!" Sakura's voice sounded dazed with disbelief.
"Hah... hah..."
Haku braced his hands on his knees, gasping for breath.
Not only had his chakra run dry, but his muscles were already protesting, trembling uncontrollably.
"Lord Zabuza, I..."
He never finished.
Crack.
A fissure suddenly split the block of ice.
Haku's breath caught for half a beat.
Crack-
As the fissure widened, scarlet chakra gushed out of it!
Boom!!
The entire block exploded, sending shards of ice flying.
A wave of chakra rolled across the bridge, shattering the ice mirrors one after another.
Haku took the brunt of it.
He was hurled into the air, crashed onto the bridge, and rolled a long way.
"Cough..."
He