Mild recappage brings back to the ninja standoff on the bridge. The crew is highly irritated by Haku's appearance with Zabuza. Sasuke doesn't like boys who pass themselves off as gir-- I mean, kids who think they're so cool, and offers to take Haku down. Sakura thinks that's really cool. Kakashi sighs. Haku's impressed Sasuke clipped the Water Clones, and tornadoes in for an attack. Meanwhile, Gato's thugs slice their way into Tazuna's house, cornering Tsunami, who threatens to kill herself so they don't take Inari as a hostage. I am somewhat confused at how that works, since then they could just take Inari as a hostage, but it's nice to see Tsunami butch up. Apparently their hearts were set on Tsunami as hostage du jour, so they take her deal. Inari's so upset, he flashbacks to Naruto's not-entirely inappropriate condemnation from last episode, and that plus memories of Kazai puts enough steel in the kid's spine t go after his mom. Go, Inari! Inari goes for an all-out banzai charge on the thugs.
On the bridge, Haku offers to not kill Sasuke, pointing out that things are even less in his favor than he thinks. Trick number one (complete with a one-handed sign, which even Kakashi hasn't seen before) is Hidden Jutsu: One Thousand Needles of Death! Haku prepares to bring down a hard rain while Sasuke gathers up some of that Chakra goodness. Tazuna's house: SUBSTITUTION! Naruto prevents Inari from getting all sliced up, having double-backed after noticing the trail left by Gato's boys. The thugs don't stand a chance against some Shadow Clone goodness. Naruto really was just like a ninja then!
Bridge: Haku rains down hard water needles, but Sasuke's able to dodge them, plus out-speed Haku on all fronts with a vicious kick to the face on our masked antagonist. Kakashi mildly points out that, hey, Squad Seven has it going on. Sasuke's the number one rookie in the Village, Sakura's the brightest, and Naruto is loud and none-too-bright, but darn it, he's the best there is at that. Speaking of Naruto, we cut back to him apologizing for being harsh on Inari, which makes the little kid burst out crying again, which upsets Inari even more. It's okay if it's happy tears, Naruto says, before bounding off for the bridge. It's tough being a hero, indeed.
Zabuza mocks Haku a bit, but the latter's not out of tricks yet. He pulls another stunt with the water on the bridge, Hidden Jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors, which he promptly surrounds Sasuke is. Kakashi's never seen the like. Haku merges into one of the mirrors, and Sasuke's in his own mini-version of Game of Death. Zabuza cuts off Kakashi from helping Sasuke, who immediately gets the worst of it from Haku. He starts julienning Sasuke from every which way, thanks to the mirrors. Heavy guitar and drums! Sakura bolts forward, in a bold display of initative, lobbing a kunai for Sasuke to catch. INTERCEPTION BY HAKU! A for effort, though. Even though he catches Sakura's kunai, he doesn't catch a thrown shuriken unless you count upside his head. It's Naruto time, you odd femme ninja!
Next Episode: More funky ice mirror stuff!
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