Scroll 1: The Lost Half

Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja Joins the Fight

"I haven't forgotten about you, not for a second." Haku continues to look straight at Naruto. "Some warriors accept defeat gracefully. They know when they are defeated, others do not. So be it! Let us finish our battle- to the death!"

"Not if I can help it!" Naomi takes a couple steps out before Zabuza's blade stops her in her tracks. He looks down at her, who gives him a mean pout.

"Do you ever listen. I see you are as ignorant as ever."

"Don't be playing that card on me, I heard you the first time, I just don't take orders from anyone ya know."

Haku begins walking towards the ice mirrors, telling Naruto that they will have their fight next. He gets absorbed into the ice, and appears in front of Sasuke, unprepared for round 2. Sasuke thinks he knows where the real Haku is, and puts his hand on his pouch, but Haku magically transported behind him so fast he didn't see him flinch. The Hakus appear in every single ice mirror with senbons in their hands, ready to go. The needles he throws simultaneously create a shower of needle which Sasuke could not escape from. When they finally stop cutting his body and clothing, he falls on his back to the floor.

"Sasuke, Naruto, think," Kakashi orders. "You both must attack from both inside and outside to figure out how this Jutsu works."

I definitely know Naruto's next move. He's so predictable it's unbelievable, Naomi thinks and she puts on her derpy I-realize-now expression.

Naruto enters the dome sneakily, surprising Sasuke. Everyone looks in disappointment on how he failed so miserably. Both boys begin to quarrel as if they were at home, not in a death battle- to the death.

Sasuke finally gets up and performs a series of hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Sasuke blows a giant ball of fire from his mouth, hoping to melt the ice mirrors, but they stay in complete shape.

"You'll need much more heat then that to melt this ice."

The dome begins to shine a blinding light at the boys stuck inside, making them land really hard on the ground as they were lifted up in the air. Naruto tries to determine the real Haku, but has no luck.

When Naruto finally gets frustrated of observing the mirrors, he makes more than a dozen Shadow Clones to break every mirror. The Narutos jump in the air to break the mirrors, but in 2 seconds, they all poof away and the real falls on his back with a load of needles sticking in his body. As Haku explains how he goes light speed to attack and they appear to be moving slow motion, Kakashi figures out what his jutsu is.

"I knew it! It's a bloodline trait- Kekkei Genkai."

Sakura looks baffled like at Kakashi. "Kekkei Genkai, what's that?"

"It's like my Sharingan. You can't learn it. It has to be in your blood- your genetic code passed down from generations from a single clan."

"That means I can't copy it with you Sharingan. There's no way to destroy it or stop it."

"Yes there is!" Naomi exclaims, pumping one fist in front of her. "I believe we can defeat it, even if your bloody eye is useless."

Kakashi sighs lazily. "It's not bloody, the Sharingan is red."

Naruto's entire body begins to tense up. He clutches his fist tightly against the cold floor. His attitude changes to a serious one in a split second.

"I couldn't break through. So what, that's not going to stop me!" Naruto says seriously. His hands are tense as they ball up into a fist. He lowers his head to look at the ground as he continue to speak. "I'm not giving up and I'm not going to lose here. Because I have a dream and no one is going to take it away from me. Someday I'll be respected in the village because that's my dream- to be the greatest Hokage!"

"Yeah you tell him Naruto. Give him a piece of your mind. You show him you are one not to be messed with!" Naomi cheers out of turn. Everyone turns to look at her, giving her a what-the-heck stare. "You have a problem for me cheering for my friend you dumb dumbs!"

Haku seems to be oddly struck with the way Naruto talked about his dreams, as if he was remembering something. "It was not my desire to become a shinobi. It's painful." His voice is filled with sincerity yet it was one of a monster. "I don't want to kill you, but if you advance, I will have no choice. If I kill you, I will kill the own kindness in my heart and fully embrace the shinobi way. And there will be no mercy- no turning back. The bridge will be the battlefield where our dreams collide. Now I must fight for my dream as You fight for yours."

Naomi feels the shame as Haku continues to talk. The memories of the first battle they had, Haku told her the exact same thing, and she knows who Haku speaks of.

"Please do not blame me. I fight for someone precious. I live for him, I'll even face death for him, so his dream may become reality. That is my dream." Everyone listens to Haku awestruck. They are filled with wonder about who he might me talking about, who he would give up his life for, who he would make him his dream. "For the sake of my dream, if I must, I will act as a shinobi and take your lives."